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Definition of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
1. Noun. A grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center.
Group relationships: Common Market, Ec, Eec, Eu, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, Nato, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Benelux
Generic synonyms: European Country, European Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg-ville, Luxemburg
Group relationships: Europe
Member holonyms: Luxembourger, Luxemburger
Derivative terms: Luxembourger, Luxembourgian, Luxemburger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg
Literary usage of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil by Edward Baines (1855)
"The grand-duchy of Luxembourg shall consist of all the territory situated between
the kingdom of the Netherlands, as it has been designated by article ..."
2. First Violations of International Law by Germany: Luxembourg and Belgium by Louis Renault (1917)
"The following is the second article of this treaty— The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
in the limits settled by the document annexed to the treaty of April 19, ..."
3. Commentaries Upon International Law by Robert Phillimore (1854)
"shall remain to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, terminating at Stein- fort, which
place shall also remain to the Grand Duchy. From Steinfort this line shall ..."
4. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier, Joseph Kennell, tr (1902)
"The surface occupied by forests of cork-trees in Spain amounts to about 1375000
acres. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ..."
5. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1835)
"... of a part of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which are thus described in
the 'Commencing from the frontier of France between Ro- dange, ..."