Synonyms: Dominion
Definition: one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
Similar words: res publica, state, country, commonwealth, body politic, nation, land
Definition: a politically organized body of people under a single government
Usage: the state has elected a new president; African nations; students who had come to the nation's capitol; the country's largest manufacturer; an industrialized land
Synonyms: territorial dominion, territory, district, dominion
Definition: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Similar words: region
Definition: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
Usage: penguins inhabit the polar regions
Definition: dominance or power through legal authority
Usage: France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa; the rule of Caesar
Similar words: dominance, control, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency
Definition: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
Usage: her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her