name
Meaning 1
Wales
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
principality
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/
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name
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of principality; any of the actual extant principalities.
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Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 3
A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
Meaning 5
The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The state of being principal; pre-eminence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
territory ruled by a prince
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: princedom
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Broader terms: domain, demesne, land
Narrower terms: Wales, Cymru, Cambria, Monaco, Principality of Monaco, Muscovy
History
Etymology
From the mistaken belief that the Prince of Wales is the country's head of state; the historical Principality of Wales only made up a portion of the country of Wales.
From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle French principalté, from Late Latin prīncipālitās, from Latin prīncipālis (“principal”) + -tās. Equivalent to principal + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: Pringjëria — region
- Albanian: principatë — region
- Armenian: իշխանապետություն (išxanapetutʻyun) — region
- Asturian: principáu — region
- Bulgarian: княжество (knjažestvo) — region
- Catalan: principat — region
- Chinese Mandarin: 公國 /公国 (gōngguó) — region
- Chinese Mandarin: 親王國 /亲王国 (qīnwángguó) — region
- Czech: knížectví — region
- Danish: fyrstedømme — region
- Dutch: vorstendom — region
- Esperanto: princlando — region
- Finnish: ruhtinaskunta — region
- French: principauté — region
- Galician: principado — region
- Georgian: სამთავრო (samtavro) — region
- German: Fürstentum — region
- Greek: πριγκιπάτο (prigkipáto) — region
- Greek: ηγεμονία (igemonía) — region
- Hebrew: נסיכות (nesikhut) — region
- Hindi: राज्य (rājya) — region
- Hindi: रियासत (riyāsat) — region
- Hindi: हुकूमत (hukūmat) — region
- Hungarian: fejedelemség — region
- Icelandic: furstadæmi — region
- Indonesian: kepangeranan — region
- Indonesian: keharyapatihan — region
- Irish: prionsacht — region
- Italian: principato — region
- Japanese: 公国 (kōkoku) — region
- Japanese: 侯国 (kōkoku) — region
- Kazakh: кінәздік (kınäzdık) — region
- Khmer: ក្សត្របុរី (ksat bo’rəy) — region
- Macedonian: кне́жевство (knéževstvo) — region
- Manx: prinsaght — region
- Norwegian: fyrstedømme — region
- Persian: پرَنسنشین (perans-nešin) — region
- Polish: księstwo — region
- Portuguese: principado — region
- Quechua: awkisuyu — region
- Romanian: principat — region
- Romansh: principadi — region
- Romansh: prinzipadi — region
- Russian: кня́жество (knjážestvo) — region
- Serbo-Croatian: кне́жевина — region
- Serbo-Croatian: knéževina — region
- Slovak: kniežatstvo — region
- Lower Sorbian: wjerchojstwo — region
- Spanish: principado — region
- Swedish: furstendöme — region
- Turkish: prenslik — region
- Ottoman Turkish: پرنسلك (prenslik) — region
- Ukrainian: князі́вство (knjazívstvo) — region
- Vietnamese: công quốc — region
- Volapük: plinän — region
- Welsh: tywysogaeth — region
- Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — in angelology
- Catalan: principat — in angelology
- Finnish: hallitus — in angelology
- French: principauté — in angelology
- Galician: principado — in angelology
- German: Fürsten — in angelology
- Hebrew: נְסִיכוּת (nesichút) — in angelology
- Japanese: 権天使 (ken-tenshi) — in angelology
- Norwegian: fyrstedømme — in angelology
- Portuguese: principado — in angelology
- Romansh: principadi — in angelology
- Romansh: prinzipadi — in angelology
- Russian: нача́ла (načála) — in angelology
- Spanish: principado — in angelology
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