kingdom

A2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈkɪŋdəm/ UK /ˈkɪŋdəm/ See IPA manual

Freq #2500

Meanings

1

noun
A country ruled by a king or queen.

The Kingdom of England persisted for centuries before becoming part of the United Kingdom.
2

noun
An area or field in which something is the most important or dominant.

This island is my kingdom.
3

noun
One of the main groups into which all living things are divided in biology.

The kingdom Animalia contains all animal life.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a country ruled by a king... realm

2 noun · an area or field in which... land

Word family

Forms kingdoms

Derived forms infrakingdominterkingdomkingdomedkingdomfulkingdomlesskingdomtidemerkingdommultikingdomoverkingdomsubkingdomsuperkingdomtranskingdom

Related forms monarchy

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It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven

Etymology

From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰ…

kingdom Middle English cyningdōm Old English *kuningadōmaz Proto-Germanic

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# kingdom

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɪŋdəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɪŋdəm/
**Frequency rank:** 2500

## Meanings
1. A country ruled by a king or queen.
2. An area or field in which something is the most important or dominant.
3. One of the main groups into which all living things are divided in biology.

## Examples
- The Kingdom of England persisted for centuries before becoming part of the United Kingdom.
- This island is my kingdom.
- The kingdom Animalia contains all animal life.

## Derived Forms
- infrakingdom
- interkingdom
- kingdomed
- kingdomful
- kingdomless
- kingdomtide
- merkingdom
- multikingdom
- overkingdom
- subkingdom
- superkingdom
- transkingdom

## Related Forms
- monarchy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: kingdom
- Root: cyningdōm
- Root: *kuningadōmaz
- Affix: -dom - state

## Etymology
From Middle English kingdom, kyngdom, from Old English cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king + -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰ…

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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