What is the difference between county and duchy?
county | duchy |
(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
*1979 , , Smiley's People , Folio Society 2010, p. 274:
*:She was a tall girl and county , with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.
A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
* A Grand Duchy may be a self-governing state.
* A simple duchy tends to be a part of a larger kingdom or empire.
Duchy is a related term of county.
As nouns the difference between county and duchy
is that county is the land ruled by a count or a countess while duchy is a dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.As an adjective county
is characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.county
English
Noun
(counties)- traditional county