Phrase Hound found 96 phrases and 5 compound words that contain empire. The most common are listed below. Open empire in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 96
- Russian EmpireThe Russian state from 1721 to 1917.
- German EmpireA former German empire and country that existed between 1871 and 1918. Capital: Berlin.
- Roman EmpireAn ancient empire based out of Rome, which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing vast territories in Europe, Asia and …
- British EmpireThe United Kingdom and its overseas dependencies and colonies.
- Byzantine EmpireAn ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia; the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages with its capital at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) …
- Ottoman EmpireA large former Turkish empire which began as a sultanate centered in modern Turkey and at its height ruled over much of Southeastern Europe, West Asia and North Africa; founded in the late 13th century, it lasted until the 1920s.
- Holy Roman EmpireA former polity and medieval empire forming a loose conglomeration of largely independent mostly Germanic entities in Central Europe from at least 962 C.E. until 1806.
- Persian EmpireThe empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty 550–330 B.C.E.
- Parthian EmpireAn ancient empire of West Asia founded as a kingdom by Arsaces I with his 3rd-century-BCE conquest of Parthia (only recently a satrapy of the Seleucid Empire) and subsequently greatly expanded by Mithridates I.
- Empire of ChinaSynonym of China, particularly (historical) the short-lived empire founded by Yuan Shikai in 1915.
- Korean EmpireThe Korean state from 1897 to 1910.
- Gupta EmpireAn ancient Indian empire that ruled from 319 CE - 550 CE.
- Empire of JapanJapan from the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1890) until the enactment of the post-WWII Constitution of Japan (1947). Unofficially used for Japan from the end of the shogunate (1868) to the end of World War II (1945).
- Sikh EmpireAn Indian empire that ruled over the Punjab region from 1799 CE to 1849 CE.
- Empire styleAn early–19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of neoclassicism.
- Celestial EmpireThe Empire of China.
- Central African EmpireThe Central African Republic state from 1976 to 1979.
- Achaemenid EmpireThe empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty from 550 BCE to 330 BCE
- Maratha EmpireAn Indian empire that controlled large portions of the Indian subcontinent from 1678 CE - 1818 CE.
- American EmpireThe United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire.
- Mughal EmpireA Persianate empire centered in North India, officially as Hindostan from 1526 to 1857; succeeded by the British East India Company.
- Eastern Roman EmpireThe eastern provinces of the Roman Empire when they were administered by a separate independent Imperial court, especially the period from 395 to 476.
- Western Roman EmpireThe western provinces of the Roman Empire when they were administered by a separate independent Imperial court, especially the period from 395 to 476 CE.
- Empire State BuildingA skyscraper in New York City, the tallest in the world from 1931–72.
- Second French EmpireThe French empire ruled by Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870.
Compound words 5
- miniempireA small empire.
- antiempireOpposing an empire.
- empirehoodThe state of being an empire.
- subempireA lesser or secondary empire.
- interempireBetween empires.