Queens
proper nounnounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //kwiːnz//
A surname.
proper noun
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A surname.
noun
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Also a form of Queenplural of Queen
proper noun
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Also a form of Queenplural of Queen (a surname)
proper noun
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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.
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Variant of Queens CountyEllipsis of Queens County: a county of New York, United States, which is coterminous with the borough of Queens.
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Variant of Queen'sMisspelling of Queen's, referring to the Queen's College, Oxford.
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Variant of Queens'Misspelling of Queens', referring to Queens' College, Cambridge.
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Variant of Queen'sslangMisspelling of Queen's, referring to Queen's University, Kingston.
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