Rike — meaning in English
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English meaning
- empire noun A large political unit made up of many territories or peoples, usually ruled over by a single powerful authority.
- 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.
- Reich noun A German empire, kingdom, or state, especially Nazi Germany (the Third Reich).
- state noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.
Senses
Rike is used for these senses in English:
- Reich A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.
- empire A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- kingdom (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).
- realm (archaic, or, legal, &, rhetoric) A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom. [from ca. 1300]
- state (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
empire — full definition
- noun A large political unit made up of many territories or peoples, usually ruled over by a single powerful authority.
- noun A large, powerful business or organization controlled by one person or group.
kingdom — full definition
- noun A country or territory ruled by a king or queen.
- noun A conceptual area or field where something is dominant or supreme.
- noun One of the highest major categories in the classification of living things, above phylum (such as the animal kingdom or plant kingdom).