Meaning | The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised. |
---|
Synonym | empire |
---|
Instances | Egyptian Empire, Egypt | An ancient empire to the west of Israel |
---|
Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire | A Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe |
Persia, Persian Empire | An empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC |
Roman Empire | An empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire |
Russia | A former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital |
Broader | domain, demesne, land | territory over which rule or control is exercised |
---|
Spanish | imperio |
---|
Catalan | imperi |
---|