kingdom

1. A domain in which something is dominant (synset 114538407)
   "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
   is a type of: area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere - a particular environment or walk of life
   subtypes: lotus land, lotusland - an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence
   same as: land, realm
2. A country with a king as head of state (synset 108608825)
   is a type of: country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation
   specific instances:

   • israel - an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC
   • britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
3. The domain ruled by a king or queen (synset 108575692)
   is a type of: demesne, domain, land - territory over which rule or control is exercised
   specific instances: numidia - an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria
   same as: realm
4. A monarchy with a king or queen as head of state (synset 108422560)
   is a type of: monarchy - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
5. The highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped;
   One of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia (synset 107956792)
   is a type of: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group - animal or plant group having natural relations
   subtypes:

   • animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
   • kingdom monera, kingdom prokaryotae, monera, prokayotae - prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
   • kingdom protoctista, protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
   • kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
   • fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
   member holonym: phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
6. A basic group of natural objects (synset 107956688)
   is a type of: group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
   subtypes: mineral kingdom - all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

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