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duchy
Noun
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A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
She ruled the duchy while the duke was away.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
archipelago
Noun
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An archipelago is a number of islands that are close together.
Ambon is an island in the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.