Queens

[kweenz]

noun

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

Queens

/ kwiːnz /

noun

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

Example Sentences

“The president is from Queens. I’m from Queens,” Mr. Cuomo says.

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Her family settled in Queens, N.Y., and she attended the prestigious Bronx High School of Science.

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For Stephen Connolly, from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens University in Belfast, this edition is the "first place where everything is all together".

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In Queens, however, the 22-year-old Alcaraz has played like a man on a mission—more focused, more efficient, and more brutal than ever before.

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“And so is it Brooklyn? Is it Queens? As we’re looking for a venue, we decided to put on a festival.”

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