independent kingdom

collocation in English

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independent
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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kingdom
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɪŋ.dəm/us
/ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
a country ruled by a king ...
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(Definition ofindependentandkingdomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This artifice allowed it to be a duchy in name and anindependentkingdomin reality.
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Guarda was the first city proclaimed as part of theindependentkingdom, in 1199.
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Each of those dialects was associated with anindependentkingdomon the island.
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Shilluk has been anindependentkingdomfor more than sixteen centuries.
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Each of the coastal cities was anindependentkingdomnoted for the special activities of its inhabitants.
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Jijau was a very pious and intelligent woman with great vision forindependentkingdom.
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It existed as anindependentkingdomfrom prehistoric times, and as a subject kingdom up to the end of the medieval era.
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Osuna was suspected of planning to set himself up as king of anindependentkingdom.
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This smallindependentkingdompicked up the threads of trade and commerce with other nations, and brought the region back to peace and prosperity.
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Cagliari became the capital of thisindependentkingdomor "giudicato", ruled by a "judice" (literally judge or magistrate).
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Supradhvaj was then made the seventh king of the region, having anindependentkingdomof his own.
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Surrey is not recorded as ever having been anindependentkingdom, but was at least a province that was under the control of different neighbours at different times.
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A few local authorities are determined to set themselves up as independent kingdoms of one sort or another.
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Many of the empire's elites now sought to control their own affairs, and broke away to form independent kingdoms.
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It includes a number of independent kingdoms and other smaller territories and assigns a number of hides to each one.
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Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke up into independent kingdoms in the 5th century.
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However, certain aspects of the former independent kingdoms remained separate.
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The gradual loss of a central power gave rise to independent kingdoms in the region.
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Free of imperial oversight, these lands splintered off to form independent kingdoms.
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Their governments is a feudal one, organized into several small, independent kingdoms; their culture tends to be self-centered and dispassionate.
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