kingdom

Syllables: king·domUK/ˈkɪŋdəm/

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kingdom noun: a realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

Noun

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

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.1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167
- A few other key remappings occur when you use the United Kingdom country...1993, Allen Wyatt, W Edward Tiley, Jon Paisley, Using MS-DOS 6.2
Synonyms:

kingship
A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- the kingdom of thought
- the kingdom of the dead
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kingric
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.1839, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica
- It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.2022, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Microbial Symbionts, page 811
Synonyms:

regnum

kingdom meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

kingdom in Hindi

realm having as supreme ruler a king or queen: राज्य rājya, बादशाहत bādśāhat, सल्तनत saltanat, मुल्क mulk

kingdom in Tamil

realm having as supreme ruler a king or queen: இராஜ்யம் irājyam, அரசு aracu

kingdom in Marathi

realm having as supreme ruler a king or queen: राज्य rājya

kingdom in Urdu

realm having as supreme ruler a king or queen: بادْشاہَت bādśāhat, سَلْطَنَت saltanat, مَمْلُکَت mamlukat, مَمْلَکَت mamlakat, مُلْک mulk

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kingdom in Bengali: রাজ্য rajjo, সালতানাত saltanat, মুলুক muluk
kingdom in Telugu: రాజ్యము rājyamu
kingdom in Malayalam: രാജത്വം rājatvaṁ, രാജ്യം rājyaṁ
kingdom in Kannada: ರಾಜ್ಯ rājya
kingdom in Punjabi: ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ bādśāhī, عالم ʻālam, راج rāj
kingdom in Gujarati: રાજ rāj
kingdom in Odia: ମୁଲକ mulaka, ମଣ୍ଡଳ maṇḍaḷa, ରାଜ୍ୟ rājya
kingdom in Sanskrit: राज्य, राष्ट्र rāṣṭrá
kingdom in Sinhala: රාජ්යය rājyaya
kingdom in Nepali: अधिराज्य adhirājya
kingdom in Pashto: پاچايي pāčāyi, بادشاهي bādšāhi, باچاهي bāčāhi, باچايي bāčāyi
kingdom in Tagalog: kaharian, anyuhay
kingdom in Arabic: مَمْلَكَة mamlaka, مُلْك mulk
kingdom in Malay: kerajaan, kedatuan, mamlakat, alam
kingdom in Indonesian: kerajaan
kingdom in Thai: อาณาจักร aa-naa-jàk
kingdom in Vietnamese: vương quốc, giới
kingdom in Myanmar: တိုင်းပြည် tuing:prany, လောက lau:ka.

Examples of kingdom in a sentence

Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.
The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom.
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.

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Synonyms of kingdom

Forms of kingdom

plural	kingdoms
alternative form (obsolete)	kingdome

Plural of kingdom: kingdoms

Origin of kingdom

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

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Questions about kingdom

What does kingdom mean?: Kingdom means a realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
What is kingdom in Hindi?: Kingdom in Hindi is राज्य (rājya), बादशाहत (bādśāhat), सल्तनत (saltanat). See Kingdom meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kingdom?: Kingdom is a noun.
How do you pronounce kingdom?: Kingdom is pronounced /ˈkɪŋdəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of kingdom?: The plural of kingdom is kingdoms.

Words near kingdom in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: kingdom (page history and authors); രാജത്വം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); راج (Punjabi) (page history and authors); રાજ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ମଣ୍ଡଳ (Odia) (page history and authors); राज्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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