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regina

1 American  
[ri-jahy-nuh, -jee-] / rɪˈdʒaɪ nə, -ˈdʒi- /

noun

  1. queen.

  2. (usually initial capital letter) the official title of a queen.

    Elizabeth Regina.
Regina 2 American  
[ri-jahy-nuh, ruh-jee-nuh, -jahy-] / rɪˈdʒaɪ nə, rəˈdʒi nə, -ˈdʒaɪ- /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Saskatchewan, in the southern part, in southern Canada.

  2. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “queen.”

Regina 1 British  
/ rɪˈdʒaɪnə /

noun

  1. queen: now used chiefly in documents, inscriptions, etc Compare Rex

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Regina 2 British  
/ rɪˈdʒaɪnə /

noun

  1. a city in W Canada, capital and largest city of Saskatchewan: founded in 1882 as Pile O'Bones. Pop: 178 225 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

  • reginal adjective

Etymology

Origin of regina

1450–1500; late Middle English, from Latin rēgīna

Example Sentences

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Joining the king in the genus Tyrannosaurus would be the bulkier and older emperor, T. imperator, and the slimmer queen, T. regina.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022

Earlier this year, a trio of paleontologists proposed that some of the fossils labeled T. rex are different species and should get new names—T. regina and T. imperator.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2022

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s skeleton, nicknamed “the Nation’s T. rex,” has been anointed the holotype for Tyrannosaurus regina.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022

The "R" symbolizes the sovereign monarch, and stands for "regina" or "queen" in Latin.

From Fox News • Jul. 27, 2021

“The queen of the gods, Turner. Write it as though she is telling the story. This is Juno here, regina deum, line nine. Thirty minutes seems about the right amount of time.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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