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Etymology

    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ís#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from Old English#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁óynos#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs#UNITEDKINGDOM

    From united + kingdomCategory:English compound terms#UNITEDKINGDOM, first attested from 1706.

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    the United KingdomCategory:English lemmas#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English proper nouns#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English uncountable nouns#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English multiword terms#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:Pages with entries#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Pages with 2 entries#UNITED%20KINGDOM

    1. 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 1922Category:en:United Kingdom#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:en:Polities#UNITEDKINGDOMCategory:en:Countries in Europe#UNITEDKINGDOM.
      • 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN:
        Some have also called for the speaker of the parliament, Anita Annet Among, to resign. She was among high-profile Ugandan politicians sanctioned by the United States and the United Kingdom for corruption earlier this year.
        Category:English terms with quotations#UNITEDKINGDOM
      • 2024 November 25, Sean Lyngaas, “Starbucks forced to pay its baristas manually because of a ransomware attack on third-party software”, in CNN Business:
        Cybersecurity firm Semperis found that 86% of surveyed organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany that faced ransomware attacks were targeted on a holiday or weekend.
        Category:English terms with quotations#UNITEDKINGDOM
    2. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#UNITEDKINGDOM) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).
    3. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#UNITEDKINGDOM, informalCategory:English informal terms#UNITEDKINGDOM, nonstandardCategory:English nonstandard terms#UNITEDKINGDOM) The Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801).
    4. (nation's name) A kingdom consisting of several constituencies, either actual, historical, or hypothetical.
      the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the AlgarvesCategory:English terms with usage examples#UNITEDKINGDOM
      the United Kingdom of Sweden and NorwayCategory:English terms with usage examples#UNITEDKINGDOM

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    Malay

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    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Malay terms borrowed from English#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Malay unadapted borrowings from English#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Malay terms derived from English#UNITED%20KINGDOM United Kingdom.

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    United Kingdom (Jawi spelling يونايتد کيڠدم)Category:Malay lemmas#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Malay proper nouns#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Malay multiword terms#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Pages with entries#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:Pages with 2 entries#UNITED%20KINGDOM

    1. United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)Category:ms:United Kingdom#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:ms:United Kingdom#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:ms:Polities#UNITED%20KINGDOMCategory:ms:Countries in Europe#UNITED%20KINGDOM
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