Queen

A queen is a female monarch. Queen may refer to:

In government and monarchy

• Queen regnant, a female monarch who reigns in her own right having equivalent status to a reigning king
  • Either of the two currently living queens regnant:
    • Elizabeth II (born 1926), Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms
    • Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark
• Queen regent, a female monarch who reigns temporarily while the reigning king is incapacitated or deceased but the heir apparent is a minor
• Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
• Queen dowager, the widow of a deceased reigning king
• Queen mother, the mother of a reigning monarch

Music

• Queen (band), a British rock band
  • Queen (Queen album), the band's debut album
• Queen (Kaya album), 2011
• Queen Records, a former subsidiary record label of King Records
• Ivy Queen (born 1972), Puerto Rican recording artist
• Le Queen, a French night club, located at 102 avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris
• Queen Latifah, actress, rapper, singer, and businesswoman

In arts and literature

• Queen (Snow White), a character in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Red Queen (Through the Looking-Glass), a character in Through the Looking Glass
• Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Queen (magazine), a British women's magazine
• Queen: The Story of an American Family, a book by Alex Haley
  • Alex Haley's Queen, a 1993 TV mini-series based on Haley's book
• Queen (film), a 2014 Bollywood film
• Ellery Queen, both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins
• Oliver Queen, secret identity of the DC Comics superhero Green Arrow

In zoology

• A reproductive female caste in a eusocial species; for example:
  • Queen ant
  • Queen bee
  • Queen naked mole-rat
• Queen (butterfly), a species of butterfly native to the Americas
• Queen is a common term for a female domestic cat

In religion and folklore

• May Queen, the goddess of spring or a young girl chosen to personify her as part of a springtime celebration
• Queen of Heaven, a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus
• Queen of heaven (antiquity), a title given to a number of ancient goddesses
• Queen Mab, a fairy in the play Romeo and Juliet
• Queen Maya (mother of Buddha) (died 563 BC), mother of Gautama Buddha

In games

• Queen (chess), a chess piece; also used as a verb to describe the changing of a pawn into a queen when it reaches the eighth rank
• Queen (playing card), a card or cards in a deck of playing cards or tarot cards

Automobiles

• Queen (Canadian automobile), built from 1901 to 1903
• Queen (English automobile), built from 1904 to 1905
• Queen (American automobile), built from 1904 to 1907

Other

• Queen (slang), a slang term for a gay man
• Queen bed, a size of bed
• Queen (TTC), a subway station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Queen (ship)
• Queen (East Indiaman)
• Queen, New Mexico
• Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North, or QUEEN, a climate research project in the Arctic

See also

• The Queen (disambiguation)
• Queens (disambiguation), including "Queen's"
• Queen bee (disambiguation)
• Queen Street (disambiguation), any of several streets
• Winter Queen (disambiguation)
• Queening (disambiguation)