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:''For other meanings see Realm (disambiguation)
A 'Realm' is the dominion of a monarch, king or queen, emperor or empress, or another personal sovereign ruler of some sort. The Old French ''reaume'' (modern French ''royaume'') was the form of the word first adopted in English; the fixed modern spelling does not appear until the beginning of the 17th century. The word supposedly derives from Med. Lat. ''regalimen'', from ''regalis'', of or belonging to a ''rex'', (king).[1] Realm directly translates into Reich in German, though the word reich is often used as a short form for kingdoms (konigreich) and especially empires (kaiserreich).
"Realm" is particularly used for those states whose name includes the word ''Kingdom'' (for example, the United Kingdom), to avoid clumsy repetition of the word in a sentence (for example, "The Queen's realm, the United Kingdom...").
"Realm" is also frequently used to refer to territories that are "under" a monarch, yet are not a physical part of his or her "kingdom" (for example, the various Commonwealth Realms under the British crown, in ''Realm of Sweden,'' or to Holstein, which until the Second War of Schleswig was an important part of the Danish king's realm stretching to the border of Hamburg, although not a part of the Danish kingdom). Similarly, the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau are considered parts of the ''Realm of New Zealand,'' although they are not part of New Zealand proper. Likewise, the Faroe Islands and Greenland remain parts of the ''Danish Realm.''
★ Reich
1. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "REALM"
A 'Realm' is the dominion of a monarch, king or queen, emperor or empress, or another personal sovereign ruler of some sort. The Old French ''reaume'' (modern French ''royaume'') was the form of the word first adopted in English; the fixed modern spelling does not appear until the beginning of the 17th century. The word supposedly derives from Med. Lat. ''regalimen'', from ''regalis'', of or belonging to a ''rex'', (king).[1] Realm directly translates into Reich in German, though the word reich is often used as a short form for kingdoms (konigreich) and especially empires (kaiserreich).
"Realm" is particularly used for those states whose name includes the word ''Kingdom'' (for example, the United Kingdom), to avoid clumsy repetition of the word in a sentence (for example, "The Queen's realm, the United Kingdom...").
"Realm" is also frequently used to refer to territories that are "under" a monarch, yet are not a physical part of his or her "kingdom" (for example, the various Commonwealth Realms under the British crown, in ''Realm of Sweden,'' or to Holstein, which until the Second War of Schleswig was an important part of the Danish king's realm stretching to the border of Hamburg, although not a part of the Danish kingdom). Similarly, the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau are considered parts of the ''Realm of New Zealand,'' although they are not part of New Zealand proper. Likewise, the Faroe Islands and Greenland remain parts of the ''Danish Realm.''
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★ Reich
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1. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "REALM"
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