United Kingdom

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Alternative forms

• UK, U.K. (initialism)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *éy?

Proto-Indo-European *-nós?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Old Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Latin -iō

Latin ūniō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin ūnītuslbor.

Middle English uniten

English unite

Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz

Old English -od

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English united

Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz

Proto-West Germanic *kuningadōm

Old English cyningdōm

Middle English kingdom

English kingdom

English United Kingdom

From united +‎ kingdom, first attested from 1706.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jʊˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/, /jəˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋdəm
• Hyphenation: U‧nit‧ed King‧dom

Proper noun

the United Kingdom

2. A kingdom and sovereign state in Western 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.
4. (historical) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).
6. (historical, informal, nonstandard) The Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801).
7. (nation's name) A kingdom consisting of several constituencies, either actual, historical, or hypothetical.

   the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

   the United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway

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)

Translations

sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain

• Adyghe: Британиешхо Пачъыхьыгъо (Britaniješxʷo Paĉəḥəğʷo)
• Afrikaans: Verenigde Koninkryk (af)
• Albanian: Mbretëri e Bashkuar f, Mbretëria e Bashkuar f (definite)
• Amharic: ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም (yunaytəd kingədäm)
• Arabic: الْمَمْلَكَة الْمُتَّحِدَة (ar) f (al-mamlaka l-muttaḥida) (definite)
• Armenian: Միացյալ Թագավորություն (Miacʻyal Tʻagavorutʻyun)
• Assamese: যুক্তৰাজ্য (zuktoraizzo)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬܵܐ ܡܚܲܝܕܬܵܐ (mālkuta mḳaydta)
• Asturian: Reinu Xuníu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Birləşmiş Krallıq
• Bashkir: Берләшкән Короллеге (Berləşkən Korollege)
• Basque: Erresuma Batua (eu)
• Belarusian: Злу́чанае Карале́ўства n (Zlúčanaje Karaljéŭstva), Аб'ядна́нае Карале́ўства n (Abʺjadnánaje Karaljéŭstva)
• Bengali: যুক্তরাজ্য (bn) (juktorajjo)
• Betawi: Kerajaan Rempug
• Bhojpuri: यूनाइटेड किंगडम (yūnāiṭēḍ kiṅgᵊḍam)
• Breton: Rouantelezh Unanet
• Bulgarian: Обедине́но кра́лство n (Obedinéno králstvo)
• Burmese: ယူနိုက်တက်ကင်းဒမ်း (yunuiktakkang:dam:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Велика Брітанія n (Velyka Britanija), Споєне кралёвство Великой Брітанії і Северного Ірьска n (Spojene kraljovstvo Velykoj Britaniji i Severnoho Irʹska)
• Catalan: Regne Unit (ca) m, Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 英國／英国 (jing¹ gwok³), 大英聯合王國／大英联合王国 (daai⁶ jing¹ lyun⁴ hap⁶ wong⁴ gwok³), 聯合王國／联合王国 (lyun⁴ hap⁶ wong⁴ gwok³)

  Eastern Min: 英國／英国 (Ĭng-guók)

  Hakka: 英國／英国 (Yîn-koet)

  Hokkien: 英國／英国 (Eng-kok)

  Mandarin: 英國／英国 (zh) (Yīngguó), 大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國／大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国 (zh) (Dà-Bùlièdiān jí Běi-Ài'ěrlán Liánhé Wángguó), 聯合王國／联合王国 (zh) (Liánhé Wángguó)

  Wu: 英國／英国 (¹in-koq₇)

• Czech: Spojené království (cs) n
• Danish: Forenede Kongerige n (but it is more often to be referred as Storbritannien (“Great Britain”)), Storbritannien (da)
• Dutch: Verenigd Koninkrijk (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཡུ་ནའི་ཊེཊ་ཀིང་ཌམ (yu na'i ṭeṭ king ḍam)
• Esperanto: Unuiĝinta Regno, Unuiĝinta Reĝlando
• Estonian: Ühendkuningriik (et) (only in diplomacy), Suurbritannia ja Põhja-Iiri Ühendkuningriik
• Farefare: Ɩŋɔ
• Faroese: Hitt Sameinda Kongsríki n
• Finnish: Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta (fi)
• French: Royaume-Uni (fr) m, Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord (fr) m
• Galician: Reino Unido (gl) m
• Georgian: გაერთიანებული სამეფო (ka) (gaertianebuli samepo)
• German: Vereinigtes Königreich (de) n

  Bavarian: Vaeinigte Kinireich

• Greek: Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο (el) n (Inoméno Vasíleio)
• Greenlandic: Tuluit Nunaat
• Gujarati: યુનાઇટેડ કિંગડમ (yunāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
• Haitian Creole: Wayòm Ini
• Hausa: Birtaniya (ha)
• Hawaiian: Aupuni Mōʻī Hui Pū ʻia
• Hebrew: הַמַמְלָכָה הַמְאֻחֶדֶת (ha-mamlakha ha-meukhedet)
• Hindi: यूनाइटेड किंगडम m (yūnāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam), संयुक्त राजशाही (hi) m (sãyukt rājśāhī)
• Hungarian: Egyesült Királyság (hu), Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királysága (hu)
• Icelandic: Hið sameinaða konungsríki n
• Ido: Unionita Rejio (io)
• Indonesian: Kerajaan Bersatu (but it is more often to be referred as Britania Raya (“Great Britain”)), Britania Raya (id), Inggris Raya (id), Inggris (id)
• Interlingua: Regno Unite
• Irish: An Ríocht Aontaithe (ga) f
• Italian: Regno Unito (it) m, Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord (it) m
• Japanese: 英国 (ja) (えいこく, Eikoku), イギリス (ja) (Igirisu), グレートブリテン及び北アイルランド連合王国 (ja) (Gurēto Buriten oyobi Kita Airurando rengō ōkoku), 連合王国 (ja) (れんごうおうこく, Rengō ōkoku)
• Kalmyk: Ниицәтә Нутг (Niitsätä Nutg)
• Kannada: ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಕಿಂಗ್‌ಡಂ (yunaiṭeḍ kiṅg‌ḍaṃ)
• Kazakh: Біріккен Корольдік (Bırıkken Koroldık), Құрама Патшалық (Qūrama Patşalyq) (rare), Ұлыбритания және Солтүстік Ирландия Біріккен Корольдігі (Ūlybritaniä jäne Soltüstık İrlandiä Bırıkken Koroldıgı), Біріккен Патшалық (Bırıkken Patşalyq)
• Khmer: ចក្រភពអង់គ្លេស (cakkraʼphup ʼɑngkleih), សហរាជាណាចក្រ (saʼhaʼriəciənaacak), រាជាណាចក្ររួម (km) (riəciənaacak ruəm)
• Konkani: युनायटेड किंगडम (yunāyṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
• Korean: 영국(英國) (ko) (Yeongguk), 그레이트브리튼 북아일랜드 연합 왕국 (Geureiteubeuriteun bugaillaendeu yeonhap wangguk), 연합 왕국 (Yeonhap wangguk), 대브리텐 및 북아일랜드 련합 왕국 (Daebeuriten mit bugaillaendeu ryeonhap wangguk) (North Korea), 련합 왕국 (Ryeonhap wangguk) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شانشینی یەکگرتوو (şanşînî yekgrtû)

  Northern Kurdish: Keyaniya Yekbûyî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Бириккен Падышалык (Birikken Padışalık)
• Lao: ສະຫະລາຊະອານາຈັກ (lo) (sa ha lā sa ʼā nā chak)
• Latin: Rēgnum Ūnītum n, Britanniarum Regnum n
• Latvian: Apvienotā Karaliste (lv) f, Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karaliste (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Jungtinė Karalystė (lt)
• Macedonian: Обединето Кралство (mk) n (Obedineto Kralstvo)
• Maithili: संयुक्त अधिराज्य (sãyukta adhirājya)
• Malay: United Kingdom (ms)
• Malayalam: യുണൈറ്റഡ് കിങ്ഡം (yuṇaiṟṟaḍŭ kiṅḍaṁ)
• Maltese: Renju Unit, Ir-Renju Unit tal-Gran Brittanja u l-Irlanda ta’ Fuq
• Manipuri: ꯌꯨꯅꯥꯢꯇꯦꯗ ꯀꯤꯡꯗꯝ (yoonaaiteda keengdam)
• Marathi: युनायटेड किंग्डम (yunāyṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)
• Mingrelian: გოართოიანაფილი ომაფე (goartoianapili omape)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Нэгдсэн Вант улс (Negdsen Vant uls)

• Navajo: Tótaʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Nepali: संयुक्त अधिराज्य (samyukta adhirājya)
• Norman: Le Rouoyaume Unni m
• North Frisian: Feriind Kiningrik
• Northern Sami: Ovttastuvvan gonagasriika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Det forente kongerike Storbritannia og Nord-Irland n (definite)

  Nynorsk: Det sameinte kongeriket Storbritannia og Nord-Irland n (definite)

• Occitan: Reialme Unit (oc) m, Reiaume Unit m
• Odia: ଯୁକ୍ତରାଜ୍ୟ (or) (juktarājya)
• Ossetian: Иугонд Паддзахад (Iwgond Padʒaxad)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Зєдинєне Кральовство n (Zjedinjene Kralʹovstvo)
• Pashto: د سترې بریتانيې او شمالي ايرلينډ متحد سلطنت (da sathre bareethanye aw shamalai ieralaend mathhd salathnth)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: پادِشاهیِ مُتَّحِد (pâdešâhi-ye mottahed), پادْشاهیِ مُتَّحِد (pâdšâhi-ye mottahed)

• Polish: Zjednoczone Królestwo (pl) n, Wielka Brytania (pl)
• Portuguese: Reino Unido (pt) m, Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ (sãyukat bādśāhī)

• Quechua: Hukllachasqa Qhapaq Suyu
• Rarotongan: Paratāne
• Romanian: Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei de Nord n (definite), Regatul Unit (ro) n (definite)
• Russian: Великобрита́ния (ru) (Velikobritánija), Соединённое Короле́вство n (Sojedinjónnoje Korolévstvo), Соединённое Короле́вство Великобрита́нии и Се́верной Ирла́ндии n (Sojedinjónnoje Korolévstvo Velikobritánii i Sévernoj Irlándii)
• Samoan: Iunaite Malo
• Santali: ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ (selet’ disôm)
• Scots: Unitit Kinrick, Unitit Kinrick o Greet Britain an Norlin Airlann
• Scottish Gaelic: An Rìoghachd Aonaichte f, Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Уједињено Краљевство n, Уједињено Краљевство Велике Британије и Сјеверне Ирске n

  Roman: Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo n, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo Velike Britanije i Sjeverne Irske n

• Sicilian: Regnu Unitu m, Regnu Unitu dâ Britagna Granni e di l'Irlanna dû Norti m
• Silesian: Zjydnoczůne Krůlestwo Wjelgij Brytańije i Irlandyje Půłnocny n (literal translation of the full name), (colloquially:) Yngland m, Anglijo f
• Sindhi: گڏيل بادشاھت
• Sinhalese: එක්‍සත් රාජධානිය (eksat rājadhāniya)
• Slovak: Spojené kráľovstvo n, Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska (sk) n
• Slovene: Zdrúženo kraljéstvo (sl) n
• Somali: Midowga boqortooyada
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Zjadnośone kralojstwo

  Upper Sorbian: Zjednoćene kralestwo

• Spanish: Reino Unido (es) m, Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte m
• Swahili: Ufalme wa Muungano
• Swedish: Förenade kungariket (sv) n (but it is more often to be referred as Storbritannien (“Great Britain”)), Storbritannien (sv)
• Tagalog: Reyno Unido
• Tajik: Подшоҳии Муттаҳида (tg) (Podšohi-yi Muttahida)
• Tamil: ஐக்கிய இராச்சியம் (ta) (aikkiya irācciyam), ஐக்கிய இராச்சியத்தில் (aikkiya irācciyattil)
• Tatar: Берләшкән Патшалык (Berläşkän Patşalıq)
• Telugu: యునైటెడ్ కింగ్‌డమ్ (te) (yunaiṭeḍ kiṅg‌ḍam)
• Thai: สหราชอาณาจักร (th) (sà-hà-râat-chá-aa-naa-jàk)
• Tibetan: དབྱིན་ཇི་རྒྱལ་ཕྲན་གཅིག་སྡུད (dbyin ji rgyal phran gcig sdud)
• Turkish: Birleşik Krallık (tr)
• Turkmen: Birleşen Patyşalyk
• Ukrainian: Сполу́чене Королі́вство n (Spolúčene Korolívstvo), Вели́ка Брита́нія (uk) (Velýka Brytánija)
• Urdu: مَمْلَکَتِ مُتَّحِدَہ f (mamlakat-i muttahida), یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم m (yūnāiṭiḍ kiṅgḍam)
• Uyghur: بۈيۈك برىتانىيە ۋە شىمالىي ئىرلاندىيە بىرلەشمە پادىشاھلىقى (büyük britaniye we shimaliy irlandiye birleshme padishahliqi)
• Uzbek: Birlashgan Qirollik (uz)
• Vietnamese: Vương quốc Anh (vi), Anh Quốc (vi) (英國)
• Võro: Ühendkuningriik
• Welsh: Y Deyrnas Unedig f, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol f
• West Frisian: Feriene Keninkryk
• Yiddish: פֿאַראייניקט קעניגרײַך n (fareynikt kenigraykh)
• Yoruba: Orílẹ́ède Omobabirin
• Zhuang: Yinghgoz

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world