Queen
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
- Either of the two currently living queens regnant:
- 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
- Ben Queen, American writer and producer
- 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
- Queen Pen, rapper from the United States
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
- Queen Nwokoye, an actress
- 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 (butterfly), a species of butterfly native to the Americas
- Queen is a common term for an un-neutered 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)
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