admiralty
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admiralty¹
- /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹəl.ti/
Where it comes from
From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admīrālitās. See admiral. Analyzable as admiral + -ty.
noun admiralties
- The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
- The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
- The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
- The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
- The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
Admiralty²
- /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹəl.ti/
Where it comes from
From admiralty. From the historical naval bases established in the regions, namely HMS Tamar for Hong Kong and HMS Sembawang for Singapore.
proper noun
- An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong. On Wednesday, police dismantled barricades at the last main occupation site in the city's Admiralty district and arrested some 200 protesters who refused to leave the site.
- A planning area in Singapore.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: admiral, maritime, marine, cmi, rich, week, jin, garden, bell, foo, kim, chung, zhong, queensway, seapower, navy
Translations
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noun office or jurisdiction
| Español | almirantazgo |
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| Português | almirantado |
| Français | amirauté |
| Deutsch | Admiralität, Seebehörde, Admiralsamt, Admiralswürde |
| Italiano | ammiragliato |
| Ελληνικά | ναυαρχείο navarcheío |
| Română | amiralitate |
| Русский | адмиралте́йство admiraltéjstvo |
noun department or officers
| עברית | אָדְמִירָלִיּוּת admiraliyut |
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noun court
| עברית | בֵּית דִּין שֶׁל הָאַדְמִירָלִיּוּת beyt din shel ha'admiraliyut |
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title = {admiralty},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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