Sealand

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proper noun

A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Principality of Sealand) whose capital is HM Fort Roughs, a former British sea fort.

Originakk-obb 𒆳 𒀀𒀊𒁀 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Principality of Sealand) whose capital is HM Fort Roughs, a former British sea fort.

    A crumb of real estate off the English coast that declared its independence in 1967, Sealand has a full-time population of… one.

    2024 August 4, Jon Wertheim, “Sealand, world's smallest state, has 1 permanent resident and its own royal family”, in CBS News
  2. A hamlet and community in Flintshire, Wales, close to Chester in England (OS grid ref SJ3568). It is on land reclaimed from the sea on the Chester side of the River Dee.
  3. A dynasty of Bronze Age kings ruling from an as yet unknown capital in southern Babylonia, in what is now Iraq; or the country they ruled.

Origin

  1. akk-obb𒆳 𒀀𒀊𒁀
  2. EnglishSealand

From sea + -land. In sense 3, a calque of Old Babylonian 𒆳 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (KUR A.AB.BA /⁠māt tâmti⁠/).

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Translations

Arabic سيلاند, امارة سيلاند
  • سيلاندthe Principality of Sealand
  • امارة سيلاند (officially)the Principality of Sealand
Bengali সায়রিস্তান
  • সায়রিস্তান (śaẏôriśtan)the Principality of Sealand
Bulgarian Сийланд
  • Сийланд (Sijland)the Principality of Sealand
Chinese Cantonese 西崙公國 /西仑公国
  • 西崙公國 /西仑公国the Principality of Sealand
Chinese Mandarin 西蘭 /西兰, 西蘭公國 /西兰公国
  • 西蘭 /西兰 (Xīlán)the Principality of Sealand
  • 西蘭公國 /西兰公国 (Xīlán gōngguó)the Principality of Sealand
Esperanto Selando
  • Selandothe Principality of Sealand
French Sealand, principauté de Sealand
  • Sealandthe Principality of Sealand
  • principauté de Sealandthe Principality of Sealand
German Seeland, Fürstentum Seeland
  • Seelandthe Principality of Sealand
  • Fürstentum Seelandthe Principality of Sealand
Hebrew סילנד
  • סילנדthe Principality of Sealand
Hindi सीलैंड
  • सीलैंड (sīlaiṇḍ)the Principality of Sealand
Indonesian Sealandia
  • Sealandiathe Principality of Sealand
Japanese シーランド, シーランド公国
  • シーランド (Shīrando)the Principality of Sealand
  • シーランド公国 (Shīrando kōkoku)the Principality of Sealand
Korean 시랜드, 시랜드 공국
  • 시랜드 (Siraendeu)the Principality of Sealand
  • 시랜드 공국 (Siraendeu gongguk)the Principality of Sealand
Latvian Sīlenda
  • Sīlendathe Principality of Sealand
Lithuanian Sylandas
  • Sylandasthe Principality of Sealand
Persian سیلند
  • سیلندthe Principality of Sealand
Portuguese Sealand
  • Sealandthe Principality of Sealand
Russian Си́ленд, Кня́жество Си́ленд
  • Си́ленд (Sílend)the Principality of Sealand
  • Кня́жество Си́ленд (Knjážestvo Sílend)the Principality of Sealand
Spanish Sealand, Principado de Sealand
  • Sealandthe Principality of Sealand
  • Principado de Sealandthe Principality of Sealand
Tamil சீலாந்து
  • சீலாந்து (cīlāntu)the Principality of Sealand
Thai ซีแลนด์
  • ซีแลนด์the Principality of Sealand
Ukrainian Сіландія, Князівство Сіландія
  • Сіландія (Silandija)the Principality of Sealand
  • Князівство Сіландія (Knjazivstvo Silandija)the Principality of Sealand

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

denasal
Cite this entry
APA

Sealand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sealand

MLA

“Sealand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sealand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sealand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sealand.

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