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Regina

//ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The reigning queen. formal

    "Your Good FRIEND, / ANNE Regina. / SUNDERLAND."

  2. 2
    The capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a metropolitan population of about 250,000.
  3. 3
    A neighborhood in the community of Nokomis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.
  5. 5
    A census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.
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  1. 6
    An unincorporated community in Lancaster County and Northumberland County, Virginia, United States.
  2. 7
    An unincorporated community in the town of Almon, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.
  3. 8
    A female given name from Latin.

    "Of course, her name isn't really 'Ree-Jane'; it's Regina Jane Davidow. I have always thought the name itself rather wonderful and am only sorry it belongs to her."

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Regina (“queen”). alt-of

    "In this box the regina of the colony, surrounded by her harmonious, cleanly, industrious, skilful subjects, carries on her part of procreation, and finally hatches her numerous progeny, called by Bee-masters the larvæ.[…]The Bees will immediately commence their operations in their new apartment. Thus swarming is effectually prevented; and thus the Queen gains a vast addition to her dominions, and consequently additional space for the population of her momentarily enlarged domicile. There is now no want of store-house room, nor of employment, for our indefatigable labourers. And while the subjects are employed in collecting, and manufacturing (if I may so say) their various materials, the regina is engaged in carrying on the great, first principle of nature—the propagation of her species."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). The given name originally referred to the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven. The Canadian city was named for Queen Victoria, as suggested by Princess Louise. Doublet of rani.

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