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The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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The place governed by a viceroy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s.
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a district or province governed by a viceroy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: jurisdiction
From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
總督轄區 /总督辖区
(zǒngdū xiáqū)
— place governed by a viceroy
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German:
Vizekönigreich
— place governed by a viceroy
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Greek:
αντιβασιλεία
(antivasileía)
— place governed by a viceroy
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Hungarian:
alkirályság
— place governed by a viceroy
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Italian:
vicereame
— place governed by a viceroy
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Japanese:
副王領
(fukuōryō)
— place governed by a viceroy
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Kapampangan:
bireynatu
— place governed by a viceroy
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Korean:
부왕령
(buwangnyeong)
— place governed by a viceroy
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Latin:
vicerēgnum
— place governed by a viceroy
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Portuguese:
vice-reinado
— place governed by a viceroy
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Spanish:
virreinato
— place governed by a viceroy
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Spanish:
virreino
— place governed by a viceroy
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Tagalog:
bireynato
— place governed by a viceroy
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Vietnamese:
phó vương quốc
— place governed by a viceroy