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The word '''''Queen''''' ultimately derives from an Indo-European root ''*gwena'' (woman) via Old English ''cwén'' (woman, wife, queen). ''Cf.'' Old Norse ''kvenna'' (woman), Gothic ''qens'' (wife), Greek ''gynē'' (woman), Russian ''zhena'', Sanskrit ''jani''. It has many meanings:
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Political
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Queen regnant, a female monarch
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Queen consort, the wife of a king
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Queen dowager, a woman who was queen consort but whose husband has died or abdicated, someone else having become monarch
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Queen Mother, a woman who was queen consort but whose husband has died or abdicated, her son or daughter having become monarch
Biology
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Queen (insect), the only female insect in a hive or colony of social insects that is fertile and egg laying
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Queen (cat), a female cat, usually one with a litter of kittens
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Queen (butterfly), a butterfly species from the subfamily ''Danainae'' found in North America
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Queen bee, the only female honeybee in a hive that is fertile and egg laying
Game and sport
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Queen (chess), the most powerful piece in the game of chess
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Queen (chess engine), the name of a chess engine
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Queen (playing card), a card in a deck of playing cards or tarot cards
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Promotion (chess) Queening, an act in the game of checkers, draughts, or chess
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Queen's Club tennis club in London and the annual tennis tournament held there
Art and literature
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Queen (band), One of the most influential and successful British rock bands, most prolific in the 1970s and 1980s
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Queen (album) ''Queen'' (album), the debut album of the band Queen
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Queen: The Story of an American Family'', a book by Alex Haley and a 1993 TV-miniseries based on the book
Other
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Queen Latifah, an actress and singer
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Drag queen, a type of entertainer
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Prom queen
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Queen's Scout Award", the highest youth award in scouting when the British monarch is a female
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The Virgin Mary, as known by several epithets, including "Queen of the World," "Queen of Heaven," and "Queen of Angels"
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Facesitting or "queening", a sex act
See also
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Queen of Farts
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Queens, a borough in New York City, New York
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Queen's University, Canada, a university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Queens County, New Brunswick
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Queens County, Nova Scotia
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Queens County, Prince Edward Island
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Queen's (electoral district), a disambiguation page for several electoral districts named Queens and Queen's in Canada
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Queens' College, Cambridge
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Queen (band) Queen are an
England English rock band who were most popular during the
1970s and
1980s.
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Queen (band) Queen
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Freddie Mercury .html">Brian May
Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor |
John Deacon
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Album (music) Studio Albums
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''Queen (album) Queen'' | ''Queen II'' .html">Sheer Heart Attack'' ''A Night at the Opera (album)|A Night at the Opera'' | ''A Day at the Races (album) A Day at the Races'' | ''News of the World (album) News of the World'' | ''Jazz (album) Jazz'' | ''The Game (album) The Game'' | ''Flash Gordon (album) Flash Gordon'' | ''Hot Space'' .html">The Works (Queen album) The Works'' | ''A Kind of Magic'' .html">The Miracle'' ''Innuendo (album)|Innuendo'' | ''Made in Heaven''
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Live album Live Albums
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''Live Killers'' .html">Live Magic'' ''Live at Wembley '86'' | ''Queen- Live On Fire at the Bowl''
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Compilation album Compilations
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''Greatest Hits (Queen, Elektra) Greatest Hits (Elektra)'' | ''Greatest Hits, Vol. II (Queen) Greatest Hits, Vol. II'' | ''Queen at the Beeb'' .html">Classic Queen'' ''Greatest Hits (Queen, Hollywood)|Greatest Hits (Hollywood)'' | ''Greatest Hits (Queen, Parlophone) Greatest Hits (Parlophone)'' | ''Greatest Hits, Vols. I and II. (Queen) Greatest Hits, Vols. I and II''
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''Queen - We Will Rock You'' | ''Becoming Queen''
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"Another One Bites the Dust" .html">Bohemian Rhapsody" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | "Radio Ga Ga" .html">Somebody to Love (Queen song) Somebody to Love" | "The Show Must Go On (Queen song) The Show Must Go On" | "These Are the Days of Our Lives" .html">Tie Your Mother Down" "We Are the Champions" | "We Will Rock You"
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