Meanings
proper nounthe United Kingdom
alternative initialism UK · alternative initialism U.K.
- A kingdom and country in Northern 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.
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Synonyms: Blighty, Old Blighty, Old Dart, UK
- historicalinformalnonstandardThe Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801).
- nameA kingdom consisting of several constituencies, either actual, historical, or hypothetical.
the United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
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Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).
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Origin
From united + kingdom, first attested from 1706.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Verenigde Koninkryk
- Verenigde Koninkryksovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Arabic الْمَمْلَكَة الْمُتَّحِدَة
- الْمَمْلَكَة الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-mamlaka l-muttaḥida)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Basque Erresuma Batua
- Erresuma Batuasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Bengali যুক্তরাজ্য
- যুক্তরাজ্য (juktorajjo)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Bulgarian Обедине́но кра́лство
- Обедине́но кра́лство (Obedinéno králstvo)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Catalan Regne Unit
- Regne Unitsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Chinese Cantonese 英國 /英国, 大英聯合王國 /大英联合王国
- 英國 /英国 (jing¹ gwok³)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- 大英聯合王國 /大英联合王国 (daai⁶ jing¹ lyun⁴ hap⁶ wong⁴ gwok³)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- 聯合王國 /联合王国 (lyun⁴ hap⁶ wong⁴ gwok³)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Chinese Mandarin 英國 /英国, 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
- 英國 /英国 (Yīngguó)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- 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 (Dà-Bùlièdiān jí Běi-Ài'ěrlán Liánhé Wángguó)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- 聯合王國 /联合王国 (Liánhé Wángguó)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Czech Spojené království
- Spojené královstvísovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Danish Forenede Kongerige, Storbritannien
- Forenede Kongerigesovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Storbritanniensovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Dutch Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Verenigd Koninkrijksovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Esperanto Unuiĝinta Regno, Unuiĝinta Reĝlando
- Unuiĝinta Regnosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Unuiĝinta Reĝlandosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Estonian Ühendkuningriik, Suurbritannia ja Põhja-Iiri Ühendkuningriik
- Ühendkuningriiksovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Suurbritannia ja Põhja-Iiri Ühendkuningriiksovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Finnish Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
- Yhdistynyt kuningaskuntasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
French Royaume-Uni
- Royaume-Unisovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
German Vereinigtes Königreich
- Vereinigtes Königreichsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Greek Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο
- Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο (Inoméno Vasíleio)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Hawaiian Aupuni Mōʻī Hui Pū ʻia
- Aupuni Mōʻī Hui Pū ʻiasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Hebrew הַמַמְלָכָה הַמְאֻחֶדֶת
- הַמַמְלָכָה הַמְאֻחֶדֶת (ha-mamlakha ha-meukhedet)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Hindi यूनाइटेड किंगडम, संयुक्त राजशाही
- यूनाइटेड किंगडम (yūnāiṭeḍ kiṅgḍam)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- संयुक्त राजशाही (sãyukt rājśāhī)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Hungarian Egyesült Királyság, Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királysága
- Egyesült Királyságsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királyságasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Icelandic Hið sameinaða konungsríki
- Hið sameinaða konungsríkisovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Indonesian Kerajaan Bersatu, Britania Raya
- Kerajaan Bersatusovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Britania Rayasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Inggris Rayasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Inggrissovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Irish An Ríocht Aontaithe
- An Ríocht Aontaithesovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Italian Regno Unito
- Regno Unitosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Japanese 英国, イギリス
- 英国 (Eikoku)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- イギリス (Igirisu)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- グレートブリテン及び北アイルランド連合王国 (Gurēto Buriten oyobi Kita Airurando rengō ōkoku)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- 連合王国 (Rengō ōkoku)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Korean 영국, 연합 왕국
- 영국 (Yeongguk)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- 연합 왕국 (Yeonhap wangguk)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- 련합 왕국 (Ryeonhap wangguk)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Latin Rēgnum Ūnītum, Britanniarum Regnum
- Rēgnum Ūnītumsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Britanniarum Regnumsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Latvian Apvienotā Karaliste, Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karaliste
- Apvienotā Karalistesovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karalistesovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Lithuanian Jungtinė Karalystė
- Jungtinė Karalystėsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Malay United Kingdom
- United Kingdomsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Norwegian Bokmål Det forente kongerike Storbritannia og Nord-Irland
- Det forente kongerike Storbritannia og Nord-Irlandsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Polish Zjednoczone Królestwo, Wielka Brytania
- Zjednoczone Królestwosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Wielka Brytaniasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Portuguese Reino Unido
- Reino Unidosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Punjabi ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ
- ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ (sãyukat bādśāhī)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Romanian Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei de Nord, Regatul Unit
- Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei de Nordsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Regatul Unitsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Russian Великобрита́ния, Соединённое Короле́вство
- Великобрита́ния (Velikobritánija)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Соединённое Короле́вство (Sojedinjónnoje Korolévstvo)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Соединённое Короле́вство Великобрита́нии и Се́верной Ирла́ндии (Sojedinjónnoje Korolévstvo Velikobritánii i Sévernoj Irlándii)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Scottish Gaelic An Rìoghachd Aonaichte, Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath
- An Rìoghachd Aonaichtesovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuathsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Slovak Spojené kráľovstvo, Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska
- Spojené kráľovstvosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného Írskasovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Spanish Reino Unido
- Reino Unidosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Swahili Ufalme wa Muungano
- Ufalme wa Muunganosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Swedish Förenade kungariket, Storbritannien
- Förenade kungariketsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Storbritanniensovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Tagalog Reyno Unido
- Reyno Unidosovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Tamil ஐக்கிய இராச்சியம்
- ஐக்கிய இராச்சியம் (aikkiya irācciyam)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Thai สหราชอาณาจักร
- สหราชอาณาจักร (sà-hà-râat-chá-aa-naa-jàk)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Turkish Birleşik Krallık
- Birleşik Krallıksovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Ukrainian Сполу́чене Королі́вство, Вели́ка Брита́нія
- Сполу́чене Королі́вство (Spolúčene Korolívstvo)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Вели́ка Брита́нія (Velýka Brytánija)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Urdu مَمْلَکَتِ مُتَّحِدَہ, یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم
- مَمْلَکَتِ مُتَّحِدَہ (mamlakat-i muttahida)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- یُونائِٹِڈ کِن٘گْڈَم (yūnāiṭiḍ kiṅgḍam)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Vietnamese Vương quốc Anh, Anh Quốc
- Vương quốc Anhsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Anh Quốcsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Welsh Y Deyrnas Unedig, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol
- Y Deyrnas Unedigsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
- Y Deyrnas Gyfunolsovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Yiddish פֿאַראייניקט קעניגרײַך
- פֿאַראייניקט קעניגרײַך (fareynikt kenigraykh)sovereign state in Europe — see also Great Britain
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with United Kingdom
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APA
United Kingdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/United%20Kingdom
MLA
“United Kingdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/United%20Kingdom. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “United Kingdom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/United%20Kingdom.
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