diarchy

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diarchy

  • /ˈdaɪ.ɑɹ.ki/
  • /ˈdaɪ.ɑː.ki/

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From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.

noun diarchies · dinarchy · dyarchy

  1. countable, uncountable Rule by two people. Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.
  2. countable, uncountable A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state. Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.

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noun rule by two people

Ελληνικάδυαρχία dyarchía

noun form of government

Españoldiarquía
한국어이두 정치 idu jeongchi
中文兩頭政治 /两头政治 liǎngtóu zhèngzhì
हिन्दीडायार्की ḍāyārkī
Portuguêsdiarquia
Françaisdyarchie, diarchie
DeutschDiarchie, Doppelherrschaft, Biarchie
Italianodiarchia
Ελληνικάδυαρχία dyarchía
Românădiarhie
Русскийдвоевла́стие dvojevlástije, диа́рхия diárxija
Tiếng Việtlưỡng đầu chế

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@misc{diarchy_2026,
  title = {diarchy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diarchy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}