merkingdom

merkingdom

English

Etymology

From mer- +‎ kingdom.

Noun

merkingdom (plural merkingdoms)

1. (fantasy) A kingdom of merfolk.
   • 2011, Justin Charlebois, Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities, Lexington Books (2011), →ISBN, page 98:

     Thus, Eric fulfills his role as heroic rescuer by saving the woman he loves and the merkingdom from danger, and thus a relationship is constructed between a strong, invulnerable heroic protector and weak, vulnerable victims (Ariel and the kingdom).

   • 2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin (2012), →ISBN, page 24:

     Merpeople came from all over the merkingdom to visit and study.

   • 2013, Tracy Deebs, Tempest Revealed, Walker Books for Young Readers (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Marrying Sabyn to get control of a merkingdom that had obviously decided it didn't want me as a ruler was not an acceptable thing to do.