grand duchy

基本解释

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small, landlocked state in the north-west of continental Europe, bordered by France, Germany and Belgium.
卢森堡是欧洲大陆西北部的内陆小国，与法国，德国及比利时接壤。
Both spoke Alemannic dialects. But Swabians, who say Haus (house), have a bias against living in the neighbouring old grand duchy, where they say Huus.
史瓦本人（Swabians）和巴登人（badeners）共同生活在巴登-符腾堡州（Baden-Württemberg），同样说着阿勒曼语（Alemannic）方言，可是史瓦本人却对生活在临近区旧大公国土地上的巴登人存有偏见，史瓦本人说“haus”（房子），而巴登人却说“huus”。
In 1808, Finland was conquered by the Russians and thereafter remained an autonomous Grand Duchy in personal union with the Russian Empire until the end of 1917.
1808年，俄国打败芬兰，并在俄帝国联盟中设立了一个自由的大公国（Grand Duchy），一直延续到1917年。

And Pierre Werner, a former prime minister of the Grand Duchy, wrote the first report proposing European monetary union.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
Who cares that Norway was once part of Sweden, or that Finland used to be a Grand Duchy of tsarist Russia?
ECONOMIST: Europe.view
Another figure often mentioned is Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister, but he repeatedly says he plans to continue running the Grand Duchy.
ECONOMIST: The summit of all fears