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provinces
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??v?ns?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??v?ns?z/
Noun
provinces
- plural of province
- The part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a hinterland. See provincial.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.v??s/
Noun
provinces f
- plural of province
Old French
Noun
provinces f
- oblique plural of province
- nominative plural of province
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kingdom
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)
- A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (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)
- dominion, lordship, rulership
- (Christianity) The dominion and authority of God
- kingdom, monarchy
- state, realm
- tribe, clan
- region, domain, zone
- (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.
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