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viceroyalty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /vaɪsˈɹɔɪəlti/

Etymology

From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom.
2. (countable, uncountable) The place governed by a viceroy.
   • India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s.

Forms

Translations (14)

vi phó vương quốc (place governed by a viceroy) · pt vice-reinado (place governed by a viceroy) · it vicereame (place governed by a viceroy) · ko 부왕령 (place governed by a viceroy) · tl bireynato (place governed by a viceroy) · el αντιβασιλεία (place governed by a viceroy) · de Vizekönigreich (place governed by a viceroy) · cmn 總督轄區 /总督辖区 (place governed by a viceroy) · la vicerēgnum (place governed by a viceroy) · pam bireynatu (place governed by a viceroy) · es virreino (place governed by a viceroy) · es virreinato (place governed by a viceroy) · hu alkirályság (place governed by a viceroy) · ja 副王領 (place governed by a viceroy)