constituyeron

third-person plural preterite indicative of constituir

la

• Article

  the

• Pron
• Noun

base

• Noun

  1. base
  2. basis
  3. basis
  4. grounding
  5. foundation
  6. point guard
  7. base
  8. base (forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life)

• Verb

sistema

1. system
2. scheme (a systematic plan of future action; also, a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)
3. (colloquial) the establishment
4. regime, system (political)

legal

1. legal, statutory
2. lawful
3. (colloquial) legit

del

of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).

gran ducado

grand duchy

gran

Apocopic form of grande; great.