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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d King, and
     -dom.]
     1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal
        authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv.
                                                    13.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his
              father, he strengthened himself.      --2 Chron.
                                                    xxi. 4.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the
        dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or
        has control.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You're welcome,
              Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading
        or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a
        department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology,
        the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for
        classification. ``The animal and vegetable kingdoms.''
                                                    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Animal kingdom. See under Animal.
  
     Kingdom of God.
        (a) The universe.
        (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged
            sovereign.
        (c) The authority or dominion of God.
  
     Mineral kingdom. See under Mineral.
  
     United Kingdom. See under United.
  
     Vegetable kingdom. See under Vegetable.
  
     Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd?m. See 2d King, and
     -{dom.]
     1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal
        authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
  
              Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv.
                                                    13.
  
              When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his
              father, he strengthened himself.      --2 Chron.
                                                    xxi. 4.
  
     2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the
        dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or
        has control.
  
              Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.  --Shak.
  
              You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our
              kingdom.                              --Shak.
  
     3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading
        or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a
        department; as, the mineral kingdom. ``The animal and
        vegetable kingdoms.''                       --Locke.
  
     Animal kingdom. See under Animal.
  
     Kingdom of God.
        (a) The universe.
        (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged
            sovereign.
        (c) The authority or dominion of God.
  
     Mineral kingdom. See under Mineral.
  
     United Kingdom. See under United.
  
     Vegetable kingdom. See under Vegetable.
  
     Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  kingdom
       n 1: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled
            kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise
            of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: land, realm]
       2: a country with a king as head of state
       3: the domain ruled by a king or queen [syn: realm]
       4: a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
       5: one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or
          Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
       6: a basic group of natural objects

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kingdom
     Αγγλικά n.
     βασίλειο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kingdom
     n.
     1 A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal
  sovereign.
     2 (anchor: ConcptlSpace)A realm, region, or conceptual space where
  something is dominant.
     3 (lb en 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).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  kingdom
     n.
     1 A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal
  sovereign.
     2 (anchor: ConcptlSpace)A realm, region, or conceptual space where
  something is dominant.
     3 (lb en 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).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  kingdom
     n.
     1 A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal
  sovereign.
     2 (anchor: ConcptlSpace)A realm, region, or conceptual space where
  something is dominant.
     3 (lb en 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).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  kingdom
     n.
     1 A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal
  sovereign.
     2 (anchor: ConcptlSpace)A realm, region, or conceptual space where
  something is dominant.
     3 (lb en 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).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kingdom
     Englanti n.
     1 kuningaskunta
     2 (yhteys biologia k=en) kunta

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kingdom
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=statsskick språk=en) kungarike, konungarike, kungadöme,
  konungadöme
     2 (tagg taxonomi språk=en) rike

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  koninkryk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  المملكة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  kingdom //ˈkɪŋdəm// 
  1. кра́лство, кралство
  realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen
  2. ца́рство, кралство
  taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  království

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  Königreich 
     Synonym: realm
  
   see: kingdoms
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  
  βασιλείο, βασίλειο

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  kingdom //ˈkɪŋdəm// 
  1. kuningaskunta, kunta
  realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen
  2. valtakunta
  realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant
  3. kunta, kuningaskunta
  taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  kingdom /kiŋdəm/
  royaume

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  kingdom /kiŋdəm/
  flaitheas, ríocht

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/ 
  1. राज्य
        "People were very happy in Ashok's kingdom."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  carstvo, kraljevina, kraljevstvo

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  királyság

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  kingdom //ˈkɪŋdəm// 
  kerajaan 2.
  realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen
   3.
  taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  regno

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  kingdom //ˈkɪŋdəm// 
  1. 王国, 界
  realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen
  2. 界
  taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  kingdom /kiŋdəm/
  regnum

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  kingdom /kiŋdəm/
  karalystė
     See also: realm
  

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  kingdom /kiŋdəm/
  koninkrijk

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  kingdom //ˈkɪŋdəm// 
  kongerike, kongedømme
  realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  kingdom /ˈkɪŋdəm/ 
    królestwo

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  kingdom /kiŋdəm/ 
  reino

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  kingdom /kiŋdəm/
  reino

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  kingdom //ˈkɪŋdəm// 
  1. kungarike, konungarike, kungadöme, konungadöme
  realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen
  2. rike, kungarike
  taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/ 
  
  ufalme

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  kingdom /kˈɪŋdəm/
  1. krallık, hükümdarlık
  2. hükümet
  3. saltanat
  4. krallık ülkesi
  5. (biyol.) âlem. kingdom come öteki dünya, cennet, ahret.kingdom of heaven Allahın hâkim oldugu ülke. the United Kingdom Büyük Britanya ile Kuzey İrlanda.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɪŋdəm/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "kingdom":
     ally, animal kingdom, antonomasia, archduchy, archdukedom, area,
     bailiwick, binomial nomenclature, biological classification,
     biosystematics, biosystematy, biotype, body politic, branch,
     buffer state, captive nation, chain of being, chieftaincy,
     chieftainry, city-state, class, class structure, classification,
     colony, commonweal, commonwealth, country, county, domain,
     dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, empery, empire, establishment,
     family, field, free city, genotype, genus, glossology, grand duchy,
     hierarchy, land, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee,
     mandatory, mineral kingdom, monarchy, nation, nationality,
     natural hierarchy, nomenclature, onomastics, onomatology, order,
     orismology, pecking order, phylum, place-names, place-naming,
     polis, polity, polyonymy, possession, power, power structure,
     principality, principate, protectorate, province,
     puppet government, puppet regime, pyramid, realm, republic,
     satellite, section, seneschalty, series, settlement,
     sovereign nation, sovereignty, species, sphere of influence, state,
     subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subspecies,
     subtribe, sultanate, superclass, superfamily, superorder,
     superpower, superspecies, systematics, taxonomy, terminology,
     territory, toparchia, toparchy, toponymy, tribe, trinomialism,
     turf, variety, vegetable kingdom
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 王国,国度,领域;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 王国,天国,领域,界

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