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Queens en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kwiːnz/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of Queen
    form of Queen

Queens en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /kwiːnz/

Meanings

  1. A borough of New York City, New York, United States, one of five, situated on Long Island, north of Brooklyn, west of Nassau County.
    • Though he was not the only New Yorker on the bench, he was the only spoiled-rotten Italian kid brought up proud and scrapping in Queens and familiar with rude Sicilian gestures. 2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist:
  2. A surname.
  3. (form-of, plural) plural of Queen (a surname)
    form of Queen
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Queens County: a county of New York, United States, which is coterminous with the borough of Queens.
  5. (alt-of, misspelling, qualifier:Oxford University slang) Misspelling of Queen's, referring to the Queen's College, Oxford.
    alt of Oxford
    alt of Queen's
  6. (alt-of, misspelling, qualifier:Cambridge University slang) Misspelling of Queens', referring to Queens' College, Cambridge.
    alt of Cambridge
    alt of Queens'
  7. (Canada, alt-of, misspelling, slang) Misspelling of Queen's, referring to Queen's University, Kingston.
    alt of Kingston
    alt of Queen's

Forms

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Queenses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Queens Village

Relateds

Queens's · Queenstown · queens · Queen's · Queenston · Queens Valley · Queens Village · Queens County · Queens' Valley · Queen · Valley of the Queens · queen · County of Queens · Queens'

Translations (10)

cmn 皇后區 (borough of New York) · ka ქვინზი (borough of New York) · ta குயின்சு (borough of New York) · yi קװינס (borough of New York) · yue 皇后區 (borough of New York) · bg Куинс (borough of New York) · eo Kvinzo (borough of New York) · cmn 昆斯區 /昆斯区 (borough of New York) · mr क्वीन्स (borough of New York) · ru Квинс (borough of New York)