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Queenstown

British  
/ ˈkwiːnzˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. the former name (1849–1922) of Cóbh

"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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At his Queenstown food truck, more modern, European-influenced offerings include a chicken Hāngī burger, served with a potato spread, grated apple and watercress salad on a sweet potato bun.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

It was posted when the ship docked in Queenstown, Ireland, on 11 April 1912.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025

The captain said he "cleared the air" with his players when they arrived in Queenstown to prepare for this series last week.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024

The feast described is not a Thanksgiving meal, but a snapshot of what first-class passengers on the Titanic ate for dinner on April 11, 1912, when the ship left Queenstown, Ireland, for New York.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

If you kept going south, on down past Queenstown, the river would hook around in the west, then the north and empty into the Chesapeake Bay, but mostly we crabbed the river.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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