English

Proper noun

Regina

1. (formal, usually italicized) The reigning queen.
2. The provincial capital of Saskatchewan (Canada) with a metropolitan population of about 200,000.
3. A female given name.
   • 1996 Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, ISBN 0-7472-1538-3, 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.

Coordinate terms

• (present queen): Rex

Translations

Anagrams

• anigre, earing, gainer, regain

Czech

Alternative forms

• Regína f

Proper noun

Regina f

1. A female given name, cognate to Regina.

Danish

Proper noun

Regina

1. A female given name of Latin origin.

Estonian

Proper noun

Regina

1. A female given name of Latin origin.

German

Proper noun

Regina ? ‎(genitive Regina)

1. A female given name of Latin origin.

Swedish

Proper noun

Regina

1. A female given name of Latin origin.

Interlingua

Noun

regina ‎(plural reginas)

1. queen

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rēgīna; compare Spanish reina.

Noun

regina f ‎(plural regine)

1. queen (monarch)
2. queen (male homosexual)
3. (chess, card games) queen

Related terms

• re
• reginetta

See also

Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
re	regina, donna	torre	alfiere	cavallo	pedone

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

Anagrams

• argine
• gerani
• ignare
• regnai

Latin

Gisela dē Bavāria, Rēgīna Hungariae (Giselle of Bavaria, Queen of Hungary)

Etymology

From the inflected stem of rēx ‎(“king”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reːˈɡiː.na/

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈdʒiː.na/

Noun

rēgīna f ‎(genitive rēgīnae); first declension

1. queen
2. princess
3. (Later Latin, chess) queen

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• rēgīnula

Related terms

Descendants

See also

Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text)
rex	regina	turris	episcopus	eques	pedes

References

• regina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• regina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• REGINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “regina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• regina in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• regina in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈd͡ʒi.na]

Noun

regina f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of regină.