English Explanatory Dictionary

Duchy of Normandy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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 UK.
  2. A historical duchy in France, located on the Normandy peninusla, and surrounding coast, that became the province of Normandy.

Word forms

Duchy of Normandy the Duchy of Normandy

Etymology

duchy+Normandy. From Anglo-Norman Normandie, from Norman Normandie, from Old French Normandie, from normant+-ie. From Anglo-Norman duché, from Latin dux.

Synonyms

Normandy Channel Islands
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