United Kingdom
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
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=== Alternative forms ===
UK, U.K. (initialism)
=== Etymology ===
From united + kingdom, first attested from 1706.
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK, US) IPA(key): /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jʊˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jəˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
Rhymes: -ɪŋdəm
Hyphenation: U‧nit‧ed King‧dom
=== Proper noun ===
the United Kingdom
A kingdom and country in Northern Europe, comprising the four countries of England, Scotland and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland since 1922.
(historical) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).
(historical, informal, nonstandard) The Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801).
(nation's name) A kingdom consisting of several constituencies, either actual, historical, or hypothetical.
==== Synonyms ====
(Sense 1): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official name), Great Britain (loosely), Britain (loosely), England (non-standard; sometimes offensive).
(Sense 3): Great Britain (official name), Kingdom of Great Britain (modern use)
==== Descendants ====
→ Amharic: ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም (yunaytəd kingədäm)
→ Bhojpuri: यूनाइटेड किंगडम (yūnāiṭēḍ kiṅgᵊḍam)
→ Burmese: ယူနိုက်တက်ကင်းဒမ်း (yunuiktakkang:dam:)
→ Gujarati: યુનાઇટેડ કિંગડમ (yunāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: यूनाइटेड किंगडम (yūnāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
Urdu: یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم (yūnāiṭiḍ kiṅgḍam)
→ Kannada: ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಕಿಂಗ್ಡಂ (yunaiṭeḍ kiṅgḍaṃ)
→ Konkani: युनायटेड किंगडम (yunāyṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
→ Malayalam: യുണൈറ്റഡ് കിങ്ഡം (yuṇaiṟṟaḍŭ kiṅḍaṁ)
→ Manipuri: ꯌꯨꯅꯥꯢꯇꯦꯗ ꯀꯤꯡꯗꯝ (yunāiteda kingdam)
→ Marathi: युनायटेड किंग्डम (yunāyṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
→ Telugu: యునైటెడ్ కింగ్డమ్ (yunaiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
==== Translations ====
=== See also ===
Countries of the world