Definition
A system of government in which twelve people or entities share equal ruling power; government by twelve rulers.
Etymology
From Greek 'dodeca' (twelve) + 'archīa' (rule or government). This combines the Greek numerical prefix with the governance suffix seen in monarchy, oligarchy, and anarchy, forming a term for rule by twelve equals.
Kelly Says
Dodecarchy represents an ancient obsession with balancing power—twelve is a number that divides evenly many ways (into 2, 3, 4, or 6 parts), which made it mathematically appealing for creating 'fair' power-sharing systems in theory, though they rarely worked perfectly in practice.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
十二君主制
sid-i-t-i-n-kun-shu-zit
ARالعربية
دودةكَارِخِيّة
du-deh-ka-r-kee-yah
BNবাংলা
দোডেকা-রাজ
doh-deh-ka-raaj
CACatalà
dodecarquia
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
CSČeština
dodecarchie
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
DADansk
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
DEDeutsch
Dodekarchie
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
ELΕλληνικά
δωδεκαρχία
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
ESEspañol
dodecarquía
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
FAفارسی
دوازدهحکومت
do-vazeh-hak-oo-mat
FISuomi
dodecarchia
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
FRFrançais
dodécaarchie
doh-deh-ka-ar-kee
GUGU
દોડેકાર્ચિયા
doh-deh-ka-r-chee-yah
HAHA
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
HEעברית
דוֹדֶקָרְכִיָה
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-yah
HIहिन्दी
दशक-शासन
dasha-shaasana
HUMagyar
dodecarchia
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
IGIG
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
ITItaliano
dodecarchia
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
JA日本語
十二君主制
jūni-kunshu-sei
KKKK
додека́рхия
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ya
KMKM
រាជ្យទី១២
raaj-ree tee-ee-loh-loh
KO한국어
도데카르키
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
MRMR
दोडेकार्ची
doh-deh-ka-r-chee
MSBahasa Melayu
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
MYမြန်မာ
သုံးဆယ်နေရာ
su-ng-se-h-na-ya
NLNederlands
dodecarchie
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
NONorsk
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
PAPA
ਦੋਡੇਕਾਰਚੀਆ
doh-deh-ka-r-chee-yah
PLPolski
dodecarchia
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
PTPortuguês
dodecarquia
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ah
RORomână
dodecarchie
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
RUРусский
додека́рхия
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ya
SVSvenska
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
SWKiswahili
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
TAதமிழ்
பன்னிரண்டு மன்னர்கள்
panni-raundu mannar-gal
TEతెలుగు
పన్నెండు రాజులు
panne-ndu raaju-lu
THไทย
โดเดกะอาร์คี
doh-deh-ka-ar-kee
TLTL
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
TRTürkçe
dodekarchi
doh-deh-ka-r-chee
UKУкраїнська
додека́рхія
doh-deh-ka-r-kee-ya
URاردو
دُودِکَارِخِيَّة
do-deh-ka-r-kee-yah
VITiếng Việt
độc quyền
dok-khuan
YOYO
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee
ZH中文
十二君主制
shí'èr jūnzhǔ zhì
ZUZU
dodecarki
doh-deh-ka-r-kee