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NQ

NQ is the initialism of North Queensland.

NQ is the initialism of newly qualified.

Meaning of North Queensland

Proper noun

North Queensland

  1. (Australia, informal) The northern part of the state of Queensland, loosely defined as being north of either Rockhampton or Mackay.
    • Despite the failure of attempts to form a separate state, the idea of North Queensland as a distinctive region has existed powerfully almost from first settlement.2007, Cheryl Taylor, Elizabeth Perkins, “Warm Words: North Queensland Writing”, in Patrick Buckridge, Belinda McKay, editors, By the Book: A Literary History of Queensland, page 213

Forms of NQ

pluralNQs

Questions about NQ

What is NQ the initialism of?
NQ is the initialism of North Queensland.

Words near NQ in the dictionary

  1. NPTA
  2. NPU
  3. NPUs
  4. NPV
  5. NPVs
  6. NQ
  7. NQE
  8. NQEs
  9. NQF
  10. NQR
  11. NQRs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: NQ (page history and authors); North Queensland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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