Dutchess County

English

Etymology

Named after the Duchess of York; dutchess is an archaic spelling of duchess.

Proper noun

Dutchess County

  1. One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Poughkeepsie.
    • 2018 August 23, “Lyme diseases cases spiked by 50 percent in Dutchess in 2017”, in Poughkeepsie Journal‎[1], archived from the original on 10 April 2021:
      The number of Lyme disease cases reported in Dutchess County last year jumped by 50 percent compared to the year before, reaching the third-highest total on record in the state. […] In the last decade, the number of cases reported in Dutchess has largely fallen from a high in 2008 of 1,141 to a low of 386 in 2016.
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