different between kingdom vs pella

English

Alternative forms

• kingdome (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningd?m from Proto-Germanic *kuningad?maz, equivalent to king +? -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: k?ng'd?m, IPA^(key): /?k??d?m/
• Hyphenation: king?dom

Noun

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

1. A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
2. A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.

3. (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).

Synonyms

• (realm): kingric (Britain dialectal, obsolete), riche (obsolete)
• (taxonomic rank): regnum

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• monarchy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• kyngdom, kyngdoom, kengdam, kyngdam, kyngedome, küngdom, kyngdome, kyngdan

Etymology

From Old English cyningd?m, from Proto-Germanic *kuningad?maz. Equivalent to king +? -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki??do?m/, /?ki??d?m/

Noun

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

1. dominion, lordship, rulership
2. (Christianity) The dominion and authority of God
3. kingdom, monarchy
4. state, realm
5. tribe, clan
6. region, domain, zone
7. (astrology) The region where a planet's influence predominates

Related terms

• king

Descendants

• English: kingdom
• Scots: kingdom

References

• “MED24300, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-31.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.la/

Verb

pella

1. third-person singular past historic of peller

Italian

Contraction

pella

1. contraction of per la

Anagrams

• palle

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pel.la/, [?p?l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pel.la/, [?p?l??]

Noun

pella f (genitive pellae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of perula

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• pella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pella in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• pella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pella in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• pella in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 783/1, “pella”

Portuguese

Contraction

pella

1. Obsolete spelling of pela

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pilula.

Pronunciation

Noun

pella f (plural pellas)

1. lump, dollop, mass

Derived terms

• hacer pellas

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

pella n (plural pella)

1. pearl