Etymology
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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 .
Pronunciation
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IPA (key ) : /pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pal‧i‧ty
principality (countable and uncountable , plural principalities )
( countable ) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess . [from 14th c.]
1990 , Peter Hopkirk , The Great Game , Folio Society, published 2010 , page 14 :At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities , which were frequently at war with one another.
( theology , countable ) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology , the fifth level of angels , ranked above powers and below dominions . [from 16th c.]
( obsolete ) The state of being a prince or ruler ; sovereignty , absolute authority . [14th–19th c.]
( now rare ) The state of being principal ; pre-eminence . [from 14th c.]
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Translations
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region
Albanian: Pringjëria , principatë (sq)
Armenian: իշխանապետություն (hy) ( išxanapetutʻyun )
Bulgarian: княжество ( knjažestvo )
Catalan: principat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公國 / 公国 (zh) ( gōngguó ) , 親王國 / 亲王国 ( qīnwángguó )
Czech: knížectví n
Danish: fyrstedømme n
Dutch: vorstendom (nl) n
Esperanto: princlando
Finnish: ruhtinaskunta (fi)
French: principauté (fr) f
Galician: principado (gl) m
Georgian: სამთავრო (ka) ( samtavro )
German: Fürstentum (de) n
Greek: πριγκιπάτο (el) n ( prigkipáto ) , ηγεμονία (el) f ( igemonía )
Hebrew: נסיכות (he) f ( nesikhut )
Hindi: राज्य (hi) ( rājya ) , रियासत (hi) ( riyāsat ) , हुकूमत (hi) ( hukūmat )
Hungarian: fejedelemség (hu)
Icelandic: furstadæmi n
Indonesian: kepangeranan , ( Liechtenstein ) keharyapatihan
Irish: prionsacht f
Italian: principato (it) m
Japanese: 公国 (ja) ( こうこく, kōkoku ) , ( around Germany ) 侯国 (ja) ( こうこく, kōkoku )
Kazakh: кінәздік ( kınäzdık )
Khmer: ក្សត្របុរី ( ksat bo’rəy )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: кне́жевство n ( knéževstvo )
Manx: prinsaght f
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: fyrstedømme n
Ottoman Turkish: پرنسلك ( prenslik )
Persian: پرَنسنشین ( perans-nešin )
Polish: księstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: principado (pt) m
Quechua: awkisuyu
Romanian: principat (ro) n
Romansch: principadi m ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader ) , prinzipadi m ( Sutsilvan )
Russian: кня́жество (ru) n ( knjážestvo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кне́жевина f
Roman: knéževina (sh) f
Slovak: kniežatstvo n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wjerchojstwo n
Spanish: principado (es) m
Swedish: furstendöme (sv) n
Turkish: prenslik (tr)
Ukrainian: князі́вство n ( knjazívstvo )
Vietnamese: công quốc (vi) (公國 )
Volapük: plinän (vo)
Welsh: tywysogaeth f
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
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