diarchy

English

Alternative forms

dyarchy

Etymology

di- +‎ -archy

Noun

diarchy (countable and uncountable, plural diarchies)

Rule by two people.
A state under the rule of two people.
Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

Translations

form of government

Bulgarian: двувластие (dvuvlastie), диархия f (diarhija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 兩頭政治, 两头政治 (liǎngtóu zhèngzhì)
Czech: diarchie f
Danish: diarki n
Dutch: diarchie n
French: dyarchie (fr) f, diarchie (fr) f
German: Diarchie f, Doppelherrschaft f

Italian: diarchia (it) f
Malay: diarki
Polish: diarchia (pl) f
Portuguese: diarquia f
Russian: двоевла́стие (ru) n (dvojevlástije), диа́рхия (ru) f (diárxija)
Spanish: diarquía (es) f
Swedish: diarki n

References

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