Middle Kingdom

English

Etymology 1

Calque of Chinese 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó), mistaking 中 (zhōng, “central”) as middle.

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

Proper noun

the Middle Kingdom

(historical) Egypt in the 12th and 13th dynasties.

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)
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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