Middle Kingdom

English

Etymology 1

Calque of Chinese 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó).

Proper noun

the Middle Kingdom

China.

Translations

nickname for China

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中國 (zh), 中国 (zh) (Zhōngguó), 天下 (zh) (Tiānxià) (under Heaven)
Czech: Říše středu f
Danish: Riget i Midten n (definite form)
Finnish: Keskustan valtakunta
French: Empire du Milieu (fr) m
German: Reich der Mitte (de) n
Italian: Regno di Mezzo m

Kazakh: Жұңго (Juñgo)
Kyrgyz: Жуңго (Cuñgo)
Polish: Państwo Środka (pl) n
Portuguese: Reino Médio m, Reino do Meio m
Russian: Среди́нное Ца́рство n (Sredínnoje Cárstvo), Сре́днее ца́рство n (Srédneje cárstvo), Поднебе́сная (ru) f (Podnebésnaja) ((a country) under Heaven)
Spanish: Reino del Medio m
Swedish: Mittens rike
Tibetan: ཀྲུང་གོ (krung go)
Uyghur: جۇڭگو‎ (junggo)

Etymology 2

Coined c. 1840 as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

Proper noun

the Middle Kingdom

(historical) Egypt from the time of its reunification under Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty to its disintegration during the 13th Dynasty.

Translations

Egypt in the 12th and 13th dynasties

Arabic: اَلدَّوْلَة اَلْوَسْطِيَّة‎ f (ad-dawla l-wasṭiyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中王國, 中王国 (Zhōngwángguó)
Danish: Det mellemste Rige n (definite form)
Finnish: keskivaltakunta
French: Moyen Empire (fr) m

German: Mittleres Reich n
Japanese: 中王国 (ちゅうおうこく, Chū ōkoku)
Polish: Średnie Państwo (pl) n
Portuguese: Reino Médio m
Russian: Сре́днее ца́рство n (Srédneje cárstvo)
Spanish: Imperio Medio m

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