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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkɪŋdəm/,
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-kingdom.ogg

Etymology

Noun

A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
In the Context of A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom)

Translations

Arabic: (mamlakah)
Aramaic:
: Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ (malkutā, malkuto)
: Hebrew: מלכותא (malkutā, malkuto)
Bulgarian: кралство (králstvo)
Czech: {{t-|cs|království|n}}
Danish: kongerige , kongedømme
Dutch: {{t+|nl|koninkrijk|n}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|royaume|m}}
German: {{t+|de|Königreich|n}}
Greek: {{t+|el|βασίλειο|n|tr=vasílio|sc=Grek}}
Hungarian:
Indonesian: {{t+|id|kerajaan|xs=Indonesian}}
Italian: {{t+|it|regno|m}}, {{t-|it|reame|m}}

Japanese: (, ōkoku)
Kurdish: {{t+|ku|مه‌مله‌که‌ت|sc=KUchar}}
Latin: {{t+|la|regnum|n|alt=rēgnum}}
Malay: {{t-|ms|kerajaan|xs=Malay}}
Norwegian: kongerike , kongedømme
Polish: {{t+|pl|królestwo|n}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|reino|m}}
Russian: {{t-|ru|королевство|n|tr=korolévstvo|sc=Cyrl}}
Slovene: {{t+|sl|kraljevina|f}}, {{t+|sl|kraljestvo|n}}
Spanish: {{t-|es|reino|m}}
Swedish: {{t+|sv|kungarike|n}}
Telugu: సామ్రాజ్యము (saamraajyamu)
Ukrainian: {{t|uk|королівство|n|tr=korolívstvo|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}, {{t-|uk|царство|n|tr=cárstvo|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|vương quốc|xs=Vietnamese}}

Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|царство|n|tr=tsárstvo|sc=Cyrl}}
Czech: {{t-|cs|říše|f}}
Danish: rige
Dutch: rijk , plantenrijk , dierenrijk
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|règne|m}}
German: {{t+|de|Reich|n}}
Hungarian:
Italian: {{t+|it|regno|m}}
Japanese: (, kai)

Latin: {{t+|la|regnum|n|alt=rēgnum}}
Polish: {{t+|pl|królestwo|n}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|reino|m}}
Russian: {{t-|ru|царство|n|tr=tsárstvo|sc=Cyrl}}
Slovene: {{t+|sl|kraljestvo|n}}
Swedish: {{t+|sv|rike|n}}
Telugu: సామ్రాజ్యము (saamraajyamu)
Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|царство|n|tr=cárstvo|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}, animal kingdom = {{t|uk|тваринний світ|m|tr=tvarýnnyj svit|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|giới|xs=Vietnamese}}

: 王國, 王国 (wáng guó)
: regno, reĝlando
: reino
: regno

Derived terms

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d King, and
-dom.]
1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal
authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
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Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv.
13.
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When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his
father, he strengthened himself. --2 Chron.
xxi. 4.
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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.
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Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
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You're welcome,
Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. --Shak.
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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."
--Locke.
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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.

Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.
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WordNet kingdom
n 1: 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" [syn: land, realm]
2: a country with a king as head of state
3: the domain ruled by a king or queen [syn: realm]
4: a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
5: one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or
Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
6: a basic group of natural objects