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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|UK|U.K.||initialism}}

===Etymology===
{{etymon|en|id=sovereign state|en>united>joined together|en>kingdom>monarch lead realm|tree=1}}
From {{com|en|united|kingdom}}, first attested from 1706.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/|/jʊˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/|/jəˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/|a=UK,US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-United Kingdom.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪŋdəm|s=6}}
* {{hyphenation|en|U|nit|ed King|dom}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun|head=[[united|United]] [[kingdom|Kingdom]]|def=1}}

# {{senseid|en|Q145}}A [[kingdom]] and [[sovereign]] [[state]] in [[Western Europe]] comprising the four countries of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] on the island of [[Great Britain]], and [[Northern Ireland]] on the northeastern portion of the island of [[Ireland]] since 1922.
# {{senseid|en|Q174193}}{{lb|en|historical}} The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] (1801–1922).
# {{senseid|en|Q161885}}{{lb|en|historical|informal|nonstandard}} The [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] (1707–1801).
# {{lb|en|nation's name}} A [[kingdom]] [[consisting]] of several [[constituency|constituencies]], either [[actual]], [[historical]], or [[hypothetical]].
#: {{ux|en|the '''United Kingdom''' of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''United Kingdom''' of Sweden and Norway}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|Sense 1}} {{l|en|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} {{qualifier|official name}}, {{l|en|Great Britain}} {{qualifier|loosely}}, {{l|en|Britain}} {{qualifier|loosely}}, {{l|en|England}} {{qualifier|non-standard; sometimes offensive}}.
* {{sense|Sense 3}} {{l|en|Great Britain}} {{qualifier|official name}}, {{l|en|Kingdom of Great Britain}} {{qualifier|modern use}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top-also|id=Q145|sovereign state in Europe|Great Britain}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|Британиешхо Пачъыхьыгъо}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Verenigde Koninkryk}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Mbretëri e Bashkuar|f}}, {{t|sq|Mbretëria e Bashkuar|f}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|الْمَمْلَكَة الْمُتَّحِدَة|f|tr=al-mamlaka l-muttaḥida}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|Միացյալ Թագավորություն}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|যুক্তৰাজ্য}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬܵܐ ܡܚܲܝܕܬܵܐ|tr=mālkuta mḳaydta}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|Reinu Xuníu|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|Birləşmiş Krallıq}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|Берләшкән Короллеге}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|Erresuma Batua}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Злу́чанае Карале́ўства|n}}, {{t|be|Аб'ядна́нае Карале́ўства|n}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|যুক্তরাজ্য}}
* Betawi: {{t|bew|Kerajaan Rempug}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|यूनाइटेड किंगडम}}
* Breton: {{t|br|Rouantelezh Unanet}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|Обедине́но кра́лство|n}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ယူနိုက်တက်ကင်းဒမ်း}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|Велика Брітанія|n}}, {{t|rue|Споєне кралёвство Великой Брітанії і Северного Ірьска|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|Regne Unit|m}}, {{t|ca|Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|英國}}, {{t|yue|大英聯合王國|tr=daai6 jing1 lyun4 hap6 wong4 gwok3}}, {{t|yue|聯合王國}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|英國}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|英國|tr=Yîn-koet}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|英國|tr=Eng-kok}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|英國}}, {{t+|cmn|大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國}}, {{t+|cmn|聯合王國}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|英國}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Spojené království|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|Forenede Kongerige|n}} {{q|but it is more often to be referred as {{m|da|Storbritannien||Great Britain}}}}, {{t+|da|Storbritannien}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Verenigd Koninkrijk|n}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|ཡུ་ནའི་ཊེཊ་ཀིང་ཌམ}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|Unuiĝinta Regno}}, {{t|eo|Unuiĝinta Reĝlando}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Ühendkuningriik}} {{qualifier|only in diplomacy}}, {{t|et|Suurbritannia ja Põhja-Iiri Ühendkuningriik}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|Ɩŋɔ}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|Hitt Sameinda Kongsríki|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Royaume-Uni|m}}, {{t+|fr|Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Reino Unido|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|გაერთიანებული სამეფო}}
* German: {{t+|de|Vereinigtes Königreich|n}}
*: Bavarian: {{t|bar|Vaeinigte Kinireich}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο|n}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|Tuluit Nunaat}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|યુનાઇટેડ કિંગડમ}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|Wayòm Ini}}
* Hausa: {{t+|ha|Birtaniya}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|Aupuni Mōʻī Hui Pū ʻia}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|הַמַמְלָכָה הַמְאֻחֶדֶת|tr=ha-mamlakha ha-meukhedet}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|यूनाइटेड किंगडम|m}}, {{t+|hi|संयुक्त राजशाही|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Egyesült Királyság}}, {{t+|hu|Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királysága}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|Hið sameinaða konungsríki|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|Unionita Rejio}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|Kerajaan Bersatu}} {{q|but it is more often to be referred as {{m|id|Britania Raya||Great Britain}}}}, {{t+|id|Britania Raya}}, {{t+|id|Inggris Raya}}, {{t+|id|Inggris}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|Regno Unite}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|Ríocht Aontaithe|alt=An Ríocht Aontaithe|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Regno Unito|m}}, {{t+|it|Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|英国|tr=えいこく, Eikoku}}, {{t+|ja|イギリス|tr=Igirisu}}, {{t+|ja|グレートブリテン及び北アイルランド連合王国|tr=Gurēto Buriten oyobi Kita Airurando rengō ōkoku}}, {{t+|ja|連合王国|tr=れんごうおうこく, Rengō ōkoku}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|Ниицәтә Нутг}}
* Kannada: {{t|kn|ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಕಿಂಗ್‌ಡಂ}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|Біріккен Корольдік}}, {{t|kk|Құрама Патшалық}} {{q|rare}}, {{t|kk|Ұлыбритания және Солтүстік Ирландия Біріккен Корольдігі}}, {{t|kk|Біріккен Патшалық}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស}}, {{t|km|សហរាជាណាចក្រ}}, {{t+|km|រាជាណាចក្ររួម}}
* Konkani: {{t|kok|युनायटेड किंगडम}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|^영국(英國)}}, {{t|ko|^그레이트브리튼 북아일랜드 연합 왕국}}, {{t|ko|^연합 왕국}}, {{t|ko|^대브리텐 및 북아일랜드 련합 왕국}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}, {{t|ko|^련합 왕국}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|شانشینی یەکگرتوو|tr=şanşînî yekgrtû}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|Keyaniya Yekbûyî}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|Бириккен Падышалык}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ສະຫະລາຊະອານາຈັກ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|Rēgnum Ūnītum|n}}, {{t|la|Britanniarum Regnum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|Apvienotā Karaliste|f}}, {{t+|lv|Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karaliste|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|Jungtinė Karalystė}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|Обединето Кралство|n}}
* Maithili: {{t|mai|संयुक्त अधिराज्य}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|United Kingdom}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|യുണൈറ്റഡ് കിങ്ഡം}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|Renju Unit|}}, {{t|mt|Ir-Renju Unit tal-Gran Brittanja u l-Irlanda ta' Fuq}}
* Manipuri: {{t|mni|ꯌꯨꯅꯥꯢꯇꯦꯗ ꯀꯤꯡꯗꯝ}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|युनायटेड किंग्डम}}
* Mingrelian: {{t|xmf|გოართოიანაფილი ომაფე}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|Нэгдсэн Вант улс}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Tótaʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|संयुक्त अधिराज्य}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|Rouoyaume Unni|m|alt=Le Rouoyaume Unni}}
* North Frisian: {{t|frr|Feriind Kiningrik}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|Ovttastuvvan gonagasriika}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|Det forente kongerike Storbritannia og Nord-Irland|n}} {{qualifier|definite}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|Det sameinte kongeriket Storbritannia og Nord-Irland|n}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|Reialme Unit|m}}, {{t|oc|Reiaume Unit|m}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ଯୁକ୍ତରାଜ୍ୟ}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|Иугонд Паддзахад}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|Зєдинєне Кральовство|n}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|د سترې بریتانيې او شمالي ايرلينډ متحد سلطنت|tr=da sathre bareethanye aw shamalai ieralaend mathhd salathnth}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t|fa-ira|پادِشاهیِ مُتَّحِد}}, {{t|fa-ira|پادْشاهیِ مُتَّحِد}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Zjednoczone Królestwo|n}}, {{t+|pl|Wielka Brytania}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Reino Unido|m}}, {{t|pt|Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte|m}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|Hukllachasqa Qhapaq Suyu}}
* Rarotongan: {{t|rar|Paratāne}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei de Nord|n}} {{qualifier|definite}}, {{t+|ro|Regatul Unit|n}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Великобрита́ния}}, {{t|ru|Соединённое Короле́вство|n}}, {{t|ru|Соединённое Короле́вство Великобрита́нии и Се́верной Ирла́ндии|n}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|Iunaite Malo}}
* Santali: {{t|sat|ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|Unitit Kinrick}}, {{t|sco|Unitit Kinrick o Greet Britain an Norlin Airlann}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|Rìoghachd Aonaichte|f|alt=An Rìoghachd Aonaichte}}, {{t|gd|Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Уједињено Краљевство|n}}, {{t|sh|Уједињено Краљевство Велике Британије и Сјеверне Ирске|n}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo|n}}, {{t|sh|Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo Velike Britanije i Sjeverne Irske|n}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|Regnu Unitu|m}}, {{t|scn|Regnu Unitu dâ Britagna Granni e di l'Irlanna dû Norti|m}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|Zjydnoczůne Krůlestwo Wjelgij Brytańije i Irlandyje Půłnocny|n}} {{qualifier|literal translation of the full name}}, {{qualifier|colloquially:}} {{t|szl|Yngland|m}}, {{t|szl|Anglijo|f}}
* Sindhi: {{t|sd|گڏيل بادشاھت}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|එක්‍සත් රාජධානිය}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|Spojené kráľovstvo|n}}, {{t+|sk|Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|Zdrúženo kraljéstvo|n}}
* Somali: {{t|so|Midowga boqortooyada}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|Zjadnośone kralojstwo}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|Zjednoćene kralestwo}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Reino Unido|m}}, {{t|es|Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|Ufalme wa Muungano}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Förenade kungariket|n}} {{q|but it is more often to be referred as {{m|sv|Storbritannien||Great Britain}}}}, {{t+|sv|Storbritannien}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|Reyno Unido}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|Подшоҳии Муттаҳида}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|ஐக்கிய இராச்சியம்}}, {{t|ta|ஐக்கிய இராச்சியத்தில்}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|Берләшкән Патшалык}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|యునైటెడ్ కింగ్‌డమ్}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สหราชอาณาจักร}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|དབྱིན་ཇི་རྒྱལ་ཕྲན་གཅིག་སྡུད}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Birleşik Krallık}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Birleşen Patyşalyk}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|Сполу́чене Королі́вство|n}}, {{t+|uk|Вели́ка Брита́нія}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مَمْلَکَتِ مُتَّحِدَہ|f}}, {{t|ur|یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|بۈيۈك برىتانىيە ۋە شىمالىي ئىرلاندىيە بىرلەشمە پادىشاھلىقى}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|Birlashgan Qirollik}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|Vương quốc Anh}}, {{t+|vi|Anh Quốc}} ({{t|vi|英國}})
* Võro: {{t|vro|Ühendkuningriik}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|Teyrnas Unedig|f|alt=Y Deyrnas Unedig}}, {{t|cy|Teyrnas Gyfunol|f|alt=Y Deyrnas Gyfunol}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|Feriene Keninkryk}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿאַראייניקט קעניגרײַך|n}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|Orílẹ́ède Omobabirin}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|Yinghgoz}}
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===See also===
* {{list:countries of Europe/en}}{{C|en|Countries in Europe}}
* [[Appendix:Countries of the world|Countries of the world]]

{{C|en|United Kingdom}}