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kingdom | sheba |

As a noun kingdom

is a nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.

As a proper noun Sheba is

an ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa.

kingdom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen.
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom)

    • Derived terms

    * animal kingdom * Kingdom of Heaven * kingdom come * Kingdom County * plant kingdom * vegetable kingdom

    See also

    * monarchy

    sheba

    English

    (wikipedia Sheba)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa.
  • * :
    • And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
  • (very, rare, outside the Bible) .
  • * :
    • And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba , the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
    Derived terms
    * Queen of Sheba

    Etymology 2

    Short form of Bathsheba.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1996 , Hotel Paradise , Headline, ISBN 0-7472-1538-3, page 172:
    • 'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.'