kingdom
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Noun (6)kingdoms
- a domain in which something is dominant“the untroubled kingdom of reason”“a land of make-believe”“the rise of the realm of cotton in the south”Synonyms: landrealmType of sphere, domainKinds lotusland, lotus land
- a country with a king as head of stateType of country, stateKinds Kingdom of The NetherlandsExamples United Kingdom, Israel
- the domain ruled by a king or queenSynonyms: realmType of domain, demesneExamples Numidia
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of stateType of monarchy
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or AnimaliaType of taxonomic group, taxonomic categoryKinds Plantae, Monera, Animalia, Fungi, ProtoctistaMembers phylum
- a basic group of natural objectsType of group, groupingKinds mineral kingdom
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Translations
Noun realm ruled by a king or queen
- Spanish
- reino
- French
- royaume
- German
- Königreich
- Italian
- regno
- Portuguese
- reino
- Turkish
- krallık
- Russian
- короле́вство korolévstvo
- Arabic
- مَمْلَكَة mamlaka
- Chinese
- 王国 wángguó
- Japanese
- 王国 ōkoku
31 more languages
- Dutch
- koninkrijk
- Polish
- królestwo
- Swedish
- kungarike
- Greek
- βασίλειο vasíleio
- Korean
- 왕국 wangguk
- Indonesian
- kerajaan
- Vietnamese
- vương quốc
- Hungarian
- királyság
- Portuguese (PT)
- reino
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 王國 wángguó
- Breton
- rouantelezh
- Catalan
- regne
- Czech
- království
- Danish
- rige
- Esperanto
- reĝlando
- Estonian
- kuningriik
- Finnish
- kuningaskunta
- Georgian
- სამეფო samepo
- Hebrew
- מַמְלָכָה mamlakhá
- Icelandic
- konungsríki
- Latvian
- karaliste
- Lithuanian
- karalystė
- Norwegian
- kongerike
- Romanian
- regat
- Scottish Gaelic
- rìoghachd
- Serbo-Croatian
- kraljevina
- Slovak
- kráľovstvo
- Slovenian
- kraljevina
- Swahili
- ufalme
- Welsh
- teyrnas
- Yiddish
- קעניגרײַך kenigraykh
Noun taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum
- French
- règne
- German
- Reich
- Italian
- regno
- Portuguese
- reino
- Turkish
- âlem
- Russian
- ца́рство cárstvo
- Arabic
- مَمْلَكَة mamlaka
- Chinese
- 界 jiè
- Japanese
- 界 kai
- Dutch
- rijk
19 more languages
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. cyningdōm. See 2d King, and -dom.
1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.— Ps. cxiv. 13.
When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself.— 2 Chron. xxi. 4.
2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.— William Shakespeare
You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom.— William Shakespeare
3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification. “The animal and vegetable kingdoms.” John Locke
Animal kingdom. See under Animal. — Kingdom of God. (a) The universe. (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of God. — Mineral kingdom. See under Mineral. — United Kingdom. See under United. — Vegetable kingdom. See under Vegetable.
Synonyms: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC