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Queensland
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English
Etymology
From en Queen -s- -land, equivalent to Queen's Land and named in honour of Queen Victoria.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkwɪːnzˌlæːnd/ AusE
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-Queensland.wav AU
en /ˈkwiːnz.lænd/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Queensland.wav Southern England
en /ˈkwiːnzlənd/ US
en En-Us Queensland.ogg US
Proper noun
en Q36074en A <<state>> of <<c/Australia>>, located in the northeastern part of the continent ; a <<former>> British <<colony>> from 1859 to 1901 Brisbane.
en Bananaland<ll:nickname,slang> Sunshine State<ll:nickname>
en Katie Hunt Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/world/100-species-ocean-census-new-zealand-scn/index.html 2024-03-11 Dr. Michela Mitchell, a taxonomist at the Queensland Museum Network, said in a statement released by Ocean Census it could be a type of deep-sea coral called octocoral. https://web.archive.org/web/20240811060233/https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/world/100-species-ocean-census-new-zealand-scn/index.html
en historical The self-governing colony (1859–1901) of what is now the state of Queensland.
en Q6094353en CDP co/Prince George's County s/Maryland c/USA.
en Q7270877en community rmun:Suf/Halifax p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
Derived terms
en Quexit QLD Queensland Blue Queensland cherry Queenslander Queensland laurel Queensland lungfish Queensland maple Queensland walnut Queensland plum Queensland bean Queensland shark Queensland hemp Queensland silver wattle
Related terms
en North Queensland
Translations
Australian state
Amharic: am ኲንዝላንድ kʷinzəland
Antillean Creole: gcf Kwinsland m, gcf Kwinslann
Arabic: ar كْوِينْزْلَانْد m kwinzland
Basque: eu Queensland
Bengali: bn রাণীস্তান raṇīśtan
Bulgarian: bg Куиинсланд
Catalan: ca Queensland m
Cherokee: chr ᎤᎬᏫᏳ ᎠᏂᏁᎳ-ᎦᏙᎯ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 昆士蘭 Kūnshìlán
Corsican: co Queensland m
Danish: da Queensland
Dinka: din
Dutch: nl Queensland n
Esperanto: eo Kvinslando
Finnish: fi Queensland
French: fr Queensland m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Queenslân n
Georgian: ka კუინზლენდი
German: de Queensland n
Greek: el Κουίνσλαντ f
Haitian Creole: ht Kwinslann
Hindi: hi क्वीन्सलैंड m
Italian: it Queensland m
Japanese: ja クイーンズランド Kuīnzurando
Khmer: km ឃ្វីនឡែន
Korean: ko 퀸즐랜드 Kwinjeullaendeu
Macedonian: mk Квинсленд m
Malay: ms Queensland
Māori: mi Kuīnirani
Marathi: mr क्वींझलँड
Occitan: oc Queensland m
Olrat: olr Qinsēlan
Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Kwiinsland
Polish: pl Queensland m
Portuguese: pt Queensland m
Russian: ru Кви́нсленд m
Sardinian: sc Queensland m
Thai: th ควีนส์แลนด์
Ukrainian: uk Кві́нсленд m
Urdu: ur رانیستان rānīstān
Welsh: cy Queensland f
Further reading
en eponyms
Finnish
Etymology
fi en Queensland.
Pronunciation
kviinsländ
Proper noun
fi Queensland Q36074
Declension
After the spelling:
sg Queensland a 0
After the pronunciation:
sg Queensland ä 0
Derived terms
fi compounds queenslandinpuukenguru
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :bor en:Queensland
fr en Queensland.
Pronunciation
fr /kwins.lɑ̃d/ /kwinz.lɑ̃d/ Europe
fr /kwiːnz.lœnd/ Canada
Proper noun
m
fr Queensland Q36074
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Queensland + 1
Proper noun
mf
pt Queensland Q36074
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :bor en:Queensland + 1
Pronunciation
Cuínsland Queens.land
Proper noun
es Queensland Q36074
Vietnamese
vi
Etymology
Borrowed from vi en Queensland.
Proper noun
vi Queensland Q36074,Q6094353,Q7270877
See also
Welsh
Etymology
cy en Queensland.
Proper noun
f
cy Queensland Q36074