The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d King, and -dom.]
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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.
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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.
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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. Animal kingdom. See under Animal. Kingdom of God.
The universe.
That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
attested from 1706.
Wikipedia
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.
United Kingdom may also refer to:
- United Kingdom (album)
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Political union, a state formed out of smaller states
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1922
- Kingdom of Great Britain, a sovereign state from 1707 to 1800
- Kingdom of England, a state from the 10th century to 1707
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Kingdom of the Netherlands, a sovereign state with territory in western Europe and the Caribbean
- United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1830
- United Kingdom of Libya, a sovereign state from 1951 to 1969
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Kingdom of Portugal, a state from 1139 to 1910
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, the Kingdom of Portugal from 1815 to 1825
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign state in Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain (the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-southwest, attributing to it having the 12th longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of , the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 22nd-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union.
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. Its capital and largest city is London, a global city and financial centre with an urban population of 10,310,000, the fourth-largest in Europe and second-largest in the European Union. The current monarch—since 6 February 1952—is Queen Elizabeth II. The UK consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The latter three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast, respectively. The nearby Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Guernsey and Bailiwick of Jersey are not part of the United Kingdom, being Crown dependencies with the British Government responsible for defence and international representation.
The relationships among the countries of the United Kingdom have changed over time. Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Acts of Union of 1536 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the country, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK has fourteen Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land mass and was the largest empire in history. British influence can be observed in the language, culture, and legal systems of many of its former colonies.
The United Kingdom is a developed country and has the world's fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. The UK is considered to have a high-income economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index, ranking 14th in the world. It was the world's first industrialised country and the world's foremost power during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific, and political influence internationally. It is a recognised nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946. It has been a leading member state of the European Union (EU) and its predecessor, the European Economic Community (EEC), since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a nationwide referendum on the UK's membership of the EU resulted in a 51.9% vote for exit. The UK is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Council of Europe, the G7 finance ministers, the G7 forum, the G20, NATO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
United Kingdom is the fourth album by American Music Club. It was recorded primarily for the UK, where the band had a larger following than in their native USA, and consists of a mixture of studio and live tracks. The LP was produced by Tom Mallon who also produced the band's previous three LPs, The Restless Stranger, Engine and California. United Kingdom contained the song "Kathleen", the most obvious of many that Mark Eitzel has composed about his long-term muse, Kathleen Burns.
Usage examples of "united kingdom".
Belgium was born of the frenzied antagonism between France and the United Kingdom, these nations being the target of successive invasions.
It is, for instance, a good deal more than the proportionable population of this island, or even than that of England, the best peopled part of the United Kingdom.
It is the sister organization MI-5, or the Security Service, responsible for counterintelligence within the United Kingdom’.
Eventually, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France would add two large no-fly zones (NFZs), in which Iraqi aircraft were prohibited.
The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Canadians had valiantly kept the Mediterranean sea lanes open to assist Israel.
Garric, if ever there was proof we need a united kingdom, you gave it today.
It was the same delegate who had interrupted Sukhavati a few minutes earlier, Philip Bedenbaugh of the United Kingdom, a Labour Party minister in the shaky coalition government.