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Principality Moderate

Principality has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

territory ruled by a prince

2

A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.

Proper Noun
1

Wales

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
domain

Origin

The word comes from the Late Latin prīncipālitās, which was formed from prīncipālis meaning "principal" combined with the suffix -tās. It entered English through Middle French and Anglo-Norman, evolving into the modern form by adding the suffix "-ity" to "principal."

Rhyming Words
ity pity mity city ality arity ility acity deity whity asity icity unity hoity laity amity osity inity egoity vomity
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