English Explanatory Dictionary

Queens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. plural of Queen
name
  1. plural of Queen (a surname)
name
  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.
  2. Ellipsis of Queens County: a county of New York, United States, which is coterminous with the borough of Queens.
  3. Misspelling of Queen's, referring to the Queen's College, Oxford.
  4. Misspelling of Queens', referring to Queens' College, Cambridge.
  5. Misspelling of Queen's, referring to Queen's University, Kingston.
noun
  1. plural of queen
noun
  1. A pair of queens.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of queen

Pronunciation

/kwiːnz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-queens.wav

Word forms

Queens Queenses

Related words

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

Derived words

Queens Village

Translations

Bulgarian: Куинс Chinese Cantonese: 皇后區 Chinese Mandarin: 皇后區 Chinese Mandarin: 昆斯區 /昆斯区 Esperanto: Kvinzo Georgian: ქვინზი Marathi: क्वीन्स Russian: Квинс Tamil: குயின்சு Yiddish: קװינס
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