"Queenstown" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From queen's + town, after various monarchs and consorts of the British Empire. Doublet of Quainton and Queenston. Cf. Queensville, Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Coniston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton. Cobh was one of many places in Ireland that changed their names in the 1920s following the Irish Revolution. Etymology templates: {{m|en|queen}} queen, {{m|en|-'s|'s}} 's, {{m|en|town}} town, {{doublet|en|Quainton|Queenston}} Doublet of Quainton and Queenston, {{m|en|Queensville}} Queensville, {{m|en|Kingstown}} Kingstown, {{m|en|Kingston}} Kingston, {{m|en|Kingstone}} Kingstone, {{m|en|Coniston}} Coniston, {{m|en|Princetown}} Princetown, {{m|en|Princes Town}} Princes Town, {{m|en|Princeton}} Princeton Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Queenstown
  1. A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Categories (place): Places in Adelaide, Places in Australia, Places in South Australia, Suburbs in South Australia
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  2. A town in Tasmania, Australia. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Tasmania, Towns in Australia, Towns in Tasmania
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-8sEszyfR
  3. A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Places in Canada, Villages in Alberta, Villages in Canada
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-pW2rkq4j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 34 4 12 3 11 29 1 1 4 1 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 1 0 26 4 12 3 10 29 3 3 5 4
  4. A village in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region, Guyana. Categories (place): Places in Guyana, Villages in Guyana
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-l6ud8M0G Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  5. A resort town in Otago, New Zealand, situated on Lake Wakatipu. Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Towns in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-xw6a7O-g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 34 4 12 3 11 29 1 1 4 1 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 1 0 26 4 12 3 10 29 3 3 5 4
  6. A neighbourhood of Singapore. Categories (place): Places in Singapore
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-f7n7l3uW Categories (other): Neighbourhoods in Singapore
  7. A town and city in Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Categories (place): Cities in South Africa, Places in South Africa, Towns in South Africa
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-q2iy9Hq7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 34 4 12 3 11 29 1 1 4 1 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 1 0 26 4 12 3 10 29 3 3 5 4
  8. A small town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Categories (place): Places in Maryland, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Maryland, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-8y92Vp06 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 34 4 12 3 11 29 1 1 4 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 0 22 4 8 2 7 41 1 1 8 6 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 1 0 26 4 12 3 10 29 3 3 5 4
  9. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Virginia. Categories (place): Places in Virginia, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-G4HPUxff
  10. An unincorporated community in the town of Westboro, Taylor County, Wisconsin. Categories (place): Places in Wisconsin, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-gekvfXZq
  11. (historical) Former name of Cobh, a port town in County Cork in southern Ireland. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-tN~xNBqg
  12. (historical) Former name of Queenston, a rural community near Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Queenstown-en-name-vK4b2NVb

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