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regency

[ree-juhn-see] / ˈri dʒən si /
NOUN
regime
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STRONG


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Formed in 2022, the "Mamas", as they call themselves, are spread over a dozen villages in the Ketapang regency of rural Kalimantan -- the name for Indonesia's part of Borneo.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

When he became king in 1995 a regency, including the queen mother, was established until Oyo turned 18 when there was an official coronation.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Margo Price said "Love to see it" while Kacey Musgraves workshopped a few puns around the regency of Crow.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025

The furnace was located inside a nickel processing-based industrial area under the management of PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, known as PT IMIP, in Morowali regency of Central Sulawesi province.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

His regency would be a short one, he reflected as the wax softened.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

In East Java, where fires have ravaged several regencies and conservation areas including Mount Bromo and the Baluran National Park, the governor urged communities to come together to "pray for rain".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

They were spotted entering the regencies of Lhokseumawe, East Aceh, Pidie, Aceh Besar and Sabang in north Aceh province.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

There were in that period two regencies, two emperors, and no less than 74 presidents and acting presidents.

From Time Magazine Archive

The history of all the Japanese regencies, however, amply illustrates the general rule that inherited authority is ever and everywhere liable to find itself supplanted by deputed authority.

From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn

The historian refers to Cassiodorus, who compares the regencies of Placidia and Amalasuntha, to the disadvantage of the former.

From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain


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