crownland
crownland Lexical Profile
crownland Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Land or territory belonging to a reigning monarch or held in trust by the government of a Commonwealth realm as public property.
"Large tracts of forested crownland were set aside by the provincial government to establish a new nature reserve."
In historical contexts, any of the constituent provinces or territorial divisions ruled by the Habsburg monarchy within the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary.
"Following the administrative reforms of the nineteenth century, Bohemia remained an economically vital crownland of the empire."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as a closed compound of 'crown' (referring to the reigning monarch or sovereign state) and 'land'. Historically, the term also translates the German 'Kronland', used to designate the constituent territories of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary.
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