principality

See also: Principality

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle French principalté, from Late Latin prīncipālitās, from Latin prīncipālis (“principal”) + -tās. Equivalent to principal +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/
Audio (UK) (file)
Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pal‧i‧ty

Noun[edit]

principality (countable and uncountable, plural principalities)

(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 14:
  At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.
(theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority. [14th–19th c.]
(now rare) The state of being principal; pre-eminence. [from 14th c.]

Derived terms[edit]

Principality of Andorra

Translations[edit]

region

Albanian: Pringjëria, principatë (sq)
Armenian: իշխանապետություն (hy) (išxanapetutʿyun)
Bulgarian: княжество (knjažestvo)
Catalan: principat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公國／公国 (zh) (gōngguó), 親王國／亲王国 (qīnwángguó)
Czech: knížectví n
Danish: fyrstedømme n
Dutch: vorstendom (nl) n
Esperanto: princlando
Finnish: ruhtinaskunta (fi)
French: principauté (fr) f
Galician: principado (gl) m
Georgian: სამთავრო (ka) (samtavro)
German: Fürstentum (de) n
Greek: πριγκιπάτο (el) n (prigkipáto), ηγεμονία (el) f (igemonía)
Hebrew: נסיכות‎ (he) f (nesikhut)
Hungarian: fejedelemség (hu)
Icelandic: furstadæmi n
Indonesian: kepangeranan, (Liechtenstein) keharyapatihan
Irish: prionsacht f
Italian: principato (it) m
Japanese: 公国 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), (around Germany) 侯国 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku)
Kazakh: кінәздік (kınäzdık)
Khmer: ក្សត្របុរី (ksat bo’rəy)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: кне́жевство n (knéževstvo)
Manx: prinsaght f
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: fyrstedømme n
Ottoman Turkish: پرنسلك‎ (prenslik)
Persian: پرَنس‌نشین‎ (perans-nešin)
Polish: księstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: principado (pt) m
Quechua: awkisuyu
Romanian: principat (ro) n
Romansch: principadi m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), prinzipadi m (Sutsilvan)
Russian: кня́жество (ru) n (knjážestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кне́жевина f

Roman: knéževina (sh) f
Slovak: kniežatstvo n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wjerchojstwo n
Spanish: principado (es) m
Swedish: furstendöme (sv) n
Turkish: prenslik (tr)
Ukrainian: князі́вство n (knjazívstvo)
Vietnamese: công quốc (vi) (公國)
Volapük: plinän (vo)
Welsh: tywysogaeth f
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

in angelology

Catalan: principat (ca) m
Finnish: hallitus (fi)
French: principauté (fr) f
Galician: principado (gl) m
Hebrew: נְסִיכוּת‎ (he) f (nesichút)
Japanese: 権天使 (ken-tenshi)
Norwegian: fyrstedømme n
Portuguese: principado (pt) m
Romansch: principadi m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), prinzipadi m (Sutsilvan)
Russian: нача́ла (ru) n pl (načála)

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Translations to be checked

Latin: ^{(please verify)} prīncipālitās f