Regina

See also: regina, regină, reġina, Regína, and Regīna

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin rēgīna.

Proper noun

Regina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – crayfish snakes, of the southern United States.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - infraorder; Colubroidea - superfamily; Colubridae - family; Natricinae - subfamily

Hypernyms

• (genus): Regina septemvittata - type species; Regina grahamii - other species

References

• Regina (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Regina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Regina (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• (queen): regina

Etymology

From Latin regina (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪ.ˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/, /ɹɪ.ˈd͡ʒi.nə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnə

Proper noun

Regina

1. (formal, usually italicized) The reigning queen.
   • 1707, Anne Regina, “A Letter from Her Majesty the QUEEN of Great Britain, to the Governour and Counsellors of State, of the Sovereignty of Neufchatel and Vallangin”, in The Present State of Europe: or, the Historical and Political Monthly Mercury, […], volume XVIII, number 10, London: […] Henry Rhodes […]; […] Eliz. Harris, page 445:

     Your Good FRIEND, / ANNE Regina. / SUNDERLAND.

   • 1908, Louis Batiffol, Marie de Médicis and the French Court in the XVIIth Century, London: Chatto & Windus, page 99:

     The conveying of the Duc de Nevers and a Capuchin father to Civita Vecchia in 1608, was, indeed the Regina’s [Marie de’ Medici’s] sole real commission.

   • 2013, Carl A. P. Ruck, Mark A. Hoffman, “Semen from the Heavens”, in Entheogens, Myth, & Human Consciousness, Berkeley, Calif.: Ronin Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, section “Forces of Light and Darkness”:

     Jesus is the new Adam, and Mary as the Queen of Heaven is His spouse and the perfection of Eve. / Perhaps the most explicit example of this felix culpa is displayed in the van Eyck Ghent Altarpiece. The artist used the same model for the shockingly nude Eve and for the Virgin Annunciate and her elevation to the heavens as the Regina, married to her own resurrected Son. Similarly, the model whom he used for Adam reappears in the inner presentation of the Altarpiece as Jesus in the role of the Regina’s Spouse.

   • 2018, Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:

     After work, she [Queen Victoria] would roll in her wheelchair along the smooth paths between the cypresses, palms and urns overflowing with flowers that crammed the Regina’s paradisical garden.

2. The capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a metropolitan population of about 250,000.
3. A neighborhood in the community of Nokomis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County and Northumberland County, Virginia, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in the town of Almon, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.
8. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1996, Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, →ISBN, page 5:

     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.

Synonyms

• (queen regnant): R. (abbreviation)
• (Saskatchewan): Pile of Bones (former name)

Coordinate terms

• (present queen): Rex (king regnant), Imperatrix (empress)
• (given name): Rex (male given name)

Derived terms

• Reginan

Related terms

• reginal
• reginicide
• Salve Regina
• vicereine

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: مَلِكَة f (Malika)
• Czech: Regina (cs) f, Regína (cs) f
• Danish: Regine
• Estonian: Regina
• Finnish: Regina (fi)
• French: Régine (fr), Reine (fr)
• German: Regina (de)
• Greenlandic: Riikki
• Latvian: Regīna f
• Marathi: रेजिना f (rejinā)
• Norwegian: Regine f
• Portuguese: Regina (pt) f
• Russian: Реги́на (ru) (Regína)
• Spanish: Reina (es)
• Swedish: Regina (sv)

capital of Saskatchewan

• Cree: Oskana-ka-asateki
• Korean: 리자이나 (Rijaina)
• Marathi: रेजिना (rejinā)

Further reading

• Regina, Saskatchewan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Definition of Regina: from Webster's Rosetta Edition, includes translations.

Anagrams

• Aigner, Gainer, Gearin, Reagin, anigre, earing, gainer, in gear, inrage, raigne, reagin, regain, regian

Czech

Alternative forms

• Regína

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɪna]

Proper noun

Regina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Regina

Declension

Declension of Regina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Regina	Reginy
genitive	Reginy	Regin
dative	Regině	Reginám
accusative	Reginu	Reginy
vocative	Regino	Reginy
locative	Regině	Reginách
instrumental	Reginou	Reginami

Danish

Proper noun

Regina

1. a female given name from Latin

Estonian

Proper noun

Regina

1. a female given name from Latin

Related terms

• Regiina

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Regina f (genitive Reginas or Regina)

1. a female given name from Latin

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Regina f

1. a female given name

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒĩ.nɐ/ [heˈʒĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒĩ.nɐ/ [heˈʒĩ.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒĩ.nɐ/ [χeˈʒĩ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈʒi.na/ [heˈʒi.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈʒi.nɐ/

Proper noun

Regina f

1. a female given name

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Regina c (genitive Reginas)

1. a female given name from Latin