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Queens

American  
[kweenz] / kwinz /

noun

  1. a borough of E New York City, on Long Island. 113.1 sq. mi. (295 sq. km).


Queens British  
/ kwiːnz /

noun

  1. a borough of E New York City, on Long Island. Pop: 2 225 486 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In its complaint, Patagonia wrote that the drag queen’s “products and services compete directly with the products and advocacy upon which Patagonia built its Patagonia brand over the last fifty-three years.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Another anniversary around the corner is that of the queen’s birth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

As well as the queen's portrait, the coins feature designs "symbolically reflecting the many facets of Queen Elizabeth II's life and legacy", the mint said.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

In work recently published in PNAS, the team reports that common viruses can cause a queen's ovaries to shrink.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

They reached the great oak at whose foot the warrior queen’s stone showed where she had been laid to rest.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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