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Queens¹

  • /kwiːnz/

proper noun Queenses

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. plural plural of Queen

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Queen (a surname)

proper noun

  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.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Queens County: a county of New York, United States, which is coterminous with the borough of Queens.
  3. misspelling Misspelling of Queen's, referring to the Queen's College, Oxford.
  4. misspelling Misspelling of Queens', referring to Queens' College, Cambridge.
  5. Canada, misspelling, slang Misspelling of Queen's, referring to Queen's University, Kingston.

queens²

Rhymes with -iːnz

noun

  1. plural plural of queen

noun

  1. slang A pair of queens.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of queen

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: queen regnant, tabby, female monarch, empress, old, sunnyside, ladies, midtown, dames, fags, fairies, homos, queers, reine, rulers, monarchs

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name borough of New York

中文皇后區 Huánghòuqū, 昆斯區 /昆斯区 Kūnsīqū
РусскийКвинс Kvins

noun pair of queens

Italianoregine

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@misc{queens_2026,
  title = {queens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/queens},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}