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Queens (kwēnz)

borough of New York City, on W Long Island, east of Brooklyn: pop. 2,229,000

Etymology: after Queen Catherine, wife of Charles II of England

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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