kingdom

nouncommon in dialogue

Australia//ˈkɪŋdəm//
New Zealand//ˈkəŋdəm//
//ˈkɪŋɡdəm//

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

noun

1
A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.
A few other key remappings occur when you use the United Kingdom country...
‘Lucknow is not a village. It is a city with a thousand years of civilization. It was the capital of the Awadh kingdom.ʼ
2
A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
the kingdom of thought
the kingdom of the dead
3
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).
The Organized and inorganized kingdoms are distinguished from each other by peculiarities of chemical composition, of form and structure, and of actions or functions.
It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.

Etymology

From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz Proto-West Germanic *kuningadōm Old English cyningdōm Middle English kingdom English kingdom

Forms

plural: kingdoms

kindness · The state of being kind.king · A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute…King · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K.

kingdom · A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

kings · A pair of kings (playing cards).Kings · One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of…Kingsley · A surname.

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