koninkrijk — meaning in English

English meaning

• kingdom noun A country or territory ruled by a king or queen.
• realm noun A kingdom or territory ruled by a monarch or supreme authority.

Senses

koninkrijk is used for these senses in English:

• kingdom A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
• realm (archaic, or, legal, &, rhetoric) A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom. [from ca. 1300]

kingdom — full definition

1. noun A country or territory ruled by a king or queen.
2. noun A conceptual area or field where something is dominant or supreme.
3. noun One of the highest major categories in the classification of living things, above phylum (such as the animal kingdom or plant kingdom).

realm — full definition

1. noun A kingdom or territory ruled by a monarch or supreme authority.
2. noun A particular area of activity, knowledge, or interest.

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