viceroyalty
viceroyalty · viceroyalties
Vizekönigreich
The office or term of service of a viceroyThe office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom.
/vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom.
(countable, uncountable)The place governed by a viceroy.
India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s.
Vizekönigreich
a district or province governed by a viceroy
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
place governed by a viceroy:
Origin
From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: viceroyalties| Singular | viceroyalty |
|---|---|
| Plural | viceroyalties |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable