- pronunciation:
- kIng
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a country that is ruled by a king or queen.
The news of the royal wedding spread quickly over the kingdom.
- synonyms:
- monarchy, realm
- similar words:
- domain, dominion, empire
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| definition 2: |
one of the large divisions of living things, such as the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, and the fungus kingdom.
- similar words:
- category, class, family, genus, kind, order, realm, species
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| related words: |
country |
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The word kingdom
contains the following part:
-dom
Old English
noun-forming suffix
that means
domain of; state of being
More about this word part:
The suffix -dom
attaches to primarily Old English adjectives and nouns.
Example words: