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Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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the office of a caliph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: jurisdiction
the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- their goal was to reestablish the Caliphate
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Broader terms: era, epoch
From Medieval Latin calīphātus, equivalent to caliph + -ate.
Across languages
Translations
97 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kalifaat
— Islamic government
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Albanian:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Arabic:
خِلَافَة
(ḵilāfa)
— Islamic government
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Aragonese:
califato
— Islamic government
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Armenian:
խալիֆայություն
(xalifayutʻyun)
— Islamic government
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Armenian:
խալիֆաթ
(xalifatʻ)
— Islamic government
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Asturian:
califatu
— Islamic government
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Azerbaijani:
xəlifəlik
— Islamic government
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Azerbaijani:
xilafət
— Islamic government
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Bashkir:
хәлифәлек
(xəlifəlek)
— Islamic government
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Basque:
kalifa-herri
— Islamic government
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Basque:
kaliferri
— Islamic government
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Belarusian:
халіфа́т
(xalifát)
— Islamic government
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Bengali:
খেলাফত
(khelaphot)
— Islamic government
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Breton:
kalifiezh
— Islamic government
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Bulgarian:
халифа́т
(halifát)
— Islamic government
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Catalan:
califat
— Islamic government
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Chechen:
халифат
(xalifat)
— Islamic government
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Chinese Mandarin:
哈里發國 /哈里发国
(hālǐfāguó)
— Islamic government
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Czech:
kalifát
— Islamic government
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Czech:
chalífát
— Islamic government
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Danish:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Dutch:
kalifaat
— Islamic government
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Esperanto:
kalifujo
— Islamic government
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Estonian:
kalifaat
— Islamic government
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Finnish:
kalifaatti
— Islamic government
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French:
califat
— Islamic government
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Galician:
califato
— Islamic government
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Georgian:
სახალიფო
(saxalipo)
— Islamic government
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German:
Kalifat
— Islamic government
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German:
Kalifat
— Islamic government
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Greek:
χαλιφάτο
(chalifáto)
— Islamic government
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Hebrew:
חֲלִיפוּת
(khalifútֶ)
— Islamic government
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Hindi:
ख़िलाफ़त
(xilāfat)
— Islamic government
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Hindi:
खिलाफत
(khilāphat)
— Islamic government
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Hungarian:
kalifátus
— Islamic government
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Icelandic:
kalífadæmi
— Islamic government
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Ido:
kalifeso
— Islamic government
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Indonesian:
khilafah
— Islamic government
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Irish:
cailifeacht
— Islamic government
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Italian:
califfato
— Islamic government
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Javanese:
khilafah
— Islamic government
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Kazakh:
халифат
(xalifat)
— Islamic government
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Central Kurdish:
خەلافەت
(xelafet)
— Islamic government
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Northern Kurdish:
xelîfî
— Islamic government
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Northern Kurdish:
xelîfetî
— Islamic government
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Kyrgyz:
халифат
(halifat)
— Islamic government
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Latvian:
kalifāts
— Islamic government
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Lithuanian:
kalifatas
— Islamic government
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Macedonian:
халифат
(halifat)
— Islamic government
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Malagasy:
kalifaty
— Islamic government
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Malay:
khilafah
— Islamic government
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Malayalam:
ഖിലാഫത്ത്
(khilāphattŭ)
— Islamic government
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Marathi:
खिलाफत
(khilāphat)
— Islamic government
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Occitan:
califat
— Islamic government
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Pashto:
خلافت
(xilāfát)
— Islamic government
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Dari:
خِلَافَت
(xilāfat)
— Islamic government
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Iranian Persian:
خِلافَت
(xelâfat)
— Islamic government
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Polish:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Portuguese:
califado
— Islamic government
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Punjabi:
ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ਤ
(xilāfat)
— Islamic government
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Punjabi:
خِلَافَت
(xilāfat)
— Islamic government
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Romanian:
califat
— Islamic government
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Russian:
халифа́т
(xalifát)
— Islamic government
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Scottish Gaelic:
cèileafaid
— Islamic government
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Serbo-Croatian:
калифа́т
— Islamic government
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Serbo-Croatian:
халифа́т
— Islamic government
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Serbo-Croatian:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Serbo-Croatian:
halifat
— Islamic government
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Sicilian:
califfatu
— Islamic government
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Sindhi:
خلافت
(xelâfat)
— Islamic government
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Slovak:
kalifát
— Islamic government
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Slovak:
chalífát
— Islamic government
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Slovene:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Lower Sorbian:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Upper Sorbian:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Spanish:
califato
— Islamic government
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Swedish:
kalifat
— Islamic government
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Tajik:
хилофат
(xilofat)
— Islamic government
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Tatar:
хәлифәлек
(xälifälek)
— Islamic government
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Thai:
รัฐเคาะลีฟะฮ์
(rát-kɔ́-lii-fá)
— Islamic government
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Turkish:
hilafet
— Islamic government
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Turkish:
halifelik
— Islamic government
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Ottoman Turkish:
خلافت
(ḫılâfet)
— Islamic government
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Turkmen:
halifat
— Islamic government
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Ukrainian:
халіфа́т
(xalifát)
— Islamic government
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Urdu:
خِلافَت
(xilāfat)
— Islamic government
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Uyghur:
خەلىپىلىك
(xelipilik)
— Islamic government
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Uzbek:
xalifalik
— Islamic government
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Uzbek:
халифалик
(xalifalik)
— Islamic government
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Vietnamese:
vương triều Hồi giáo
— Islamic government
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Welsh:
califfiaeth
— Islamic government
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Welsh:
califfaeth
— Islamic government
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Yiddish:
כאַליפֿאַט
(khalifat)
— Islamic government
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Zazaki:
xilafet
— Islamic government