Duchy of Normandy
English
editEtymology
editduchy+Normandy. From Anglo-Norman Normandie, from Norman Normandie, from Old French Normandie, from normant+-ie. From Anglo-Norman duché, from Latin dux.
Proper noun
edit- A country, a duchy in Europe, now only composed of the Channel Islands in the English Channel; a crown possession of the Monarch of England, since the Conquest of England by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy; bureaucratically, it is administered by the in the United Kingdom
- A historical duchy in France, located on the Normandy peninusla, and surround coast, that became the province of Normandy
Synonyms
editextant duchy
Hyponyms
edithistorical duchy
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- English terms derived from Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
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