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IPA: /ˈkɪŋdəm/, SAMPA: /"kINd@m/
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[edit] Etymology

king +‎ -dom

[edit] Noun

Singular
kingdom

Plural
kingdoms

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
(biology, taxonomy) 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)

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nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen

Afrikaans: koninkryk af(af)
Arabic: مملكة (mamlakah)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ (malkūtā’) f.

Hebrew: מלכותא (malkūtā’) f.
Armenian: թագավորություն hy(hy) (t’agavorut’yun), արքայություն hy(hy) (ark’ayut’yun)
Bulgarian: кралство (králstvo) n.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 王國, simpl. 王国 (pinyin: wángguó), trad. 君主國, simpl. 君主国 (pinyin: jūnzhǔguó)
Croatian: králjevstvo hr(hr) n., králjevina hr(hr) f.
Czech: království cs(cs) n.
Danish: kongerige n., kongedømme n.
Dutch: koninkrijk nl(nl) n.
Finnish: kuningaskunta fi(fi)
French: royaume fr(fr) m.
German: Königreich de(de) n.
Greek: βασίλειο el(el) (vasílio) n.
Hungarian: királyság hu(hu)
Indonesian: kerajaan id(id)

Italian: regno it(it) m., reame it(it) m.
Japanese: 王国 (おうこく, ōkoku)
Kannada: ರಾಜ್ಯ (raajya)
Korean: 왕국 (wangguk)
Kurdish: مه‌مله‌که‌ت ku(ku)
Latin: rēgnum la(la) n.
Macedonian: кралство mk(mk) (králstvo) n.
Malay: kerajaan ms(ms)
Norwegian: kongerike n., kongedømme n., kongeriket no(no)
Polabian: ťenądztwü n.
Polish: królestwo pl(pl) n.
Portuguese: reino pt(pt) m.
Russian: королевство ru(ru) (korolévstvo) n.
Scottish Gaelic: rìoghachd gd(gd) f.
Slovene: kraljevina sl(sl) f., kraljestvo sl(sl) n.
Spanish: reino es(es) m.
Swedish: kungarike sv(sv) n.
Telugu: సామ్రాజ్యము (saamraajyamu), రాజ్యము (ryaajamu)
Turkish: krallık tr(tr)
Ukrainian: королівство uk(uk) (korolívstvo) n., царство uk(uk) (cárstvo) n.
Vietnamese: vương quốc vi(vi)

taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

Afrikaans: koninkryk af(af)
Bulgarian: царство bg(bg) (tsárstvo) n.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. and simpl. 界 (pinyin: jiè)
Croatian: cȃrstvo hr(hr) n.
Czech: říše cs(cs) f.
Danish: rige da(da) n.
Dutch: rijk n., plantenrijk n., dierenrijk n.
Finnish: kunta fi(fi)
French: règne fr(fr) m.
German: Reich de(de) n.
Greek: βασίλειο el(el) (vasílio) n.
Hungarian: -világ hu(hu)
Italian: regno it(it) m.

Japanese: 界 (かい, kai)
Latin: rēgnum la(la) n.
Macedonian: царство mk(mk) (cárstvo) n.
Polish: królestwo pl(pl) n.
Portuguese: reino pt(pt) m.
Russian: царство ru(ru) (tsárstvo) n.
Scottish Gaelic: rìoghachd gd(gd) f.
Slovene: kraljestvo sl(sl) n.
Swedish: rike sv(sv) n.
Telugu: సామ్రాజ్యము (saamraajyamu)
Ukrainian: царство uk(uk) (cárstvo) n., animal kingdom = тваринний світ uk(uk) (tvarýnnyj svit) m.
Vietnamese: giới vi(vi)

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Esperanto: regno, reĝlando
Galician: reino m.
Interlingua: regno

Novial: regia
Old English: rīce n.
Romanian: regat n.
Volapük: regän

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monarchy

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