proper noun · rare

Middle Kingdom

Среднее царство, Поднебесная, Срединное Царство

Reich der Mitte, Mittleres Reich

ChinaChina.

» There are eight famous mountains in the Celestial Empire: three in the barbarian regions and five in the Middle Kingdoms.

В Поднебесной восемь знаменитых гор: три в варварских краях и пять в Серединных Царствах.

Meaning

2 senses

(literary)China.
Reich der Mitte
Среди́нное Ца́рствоSredínnoje Cárstvo, Сре́днее ца́рствоSrédneje cárstvo, Поднебе́снаяPodnebésnaja
(historical)Egypt from the time of its reunification under Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty (ending the First Intermediate Period) to its disintegration during the 13th Dynasty and the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period.
Mittleres Reich
Сре́днее ца́рствоSrédneje cárstvo

Examples

1 sentences

There are eight famous mountains in the Celestial Empire: three in the barbarian regions and five in the Middle Kingdoms.
ruВ Поднебесной восемь знаменитых гор: три в варварских краях и пять в Серединных Царствах. — shanghainese
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

nickname for China:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

nickname for China:

Egypt in the late 11th, 12th, and early 13th dynasties:

Origin

Calque from Chinese 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó). Calque of German Mittleres Reich, eventually displa

Calque from Chinese 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó).

Calque of German Mittleres Reich, eventually displacing Middle Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined c. 1840 as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

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