regina

Proper noun capitalized: Regina

Regina

1. (formal, usually italicized) The reigning queen.
   • Your Good FRIEND, / ANNE Regina. / SUNDERLAND.1707, Anne Regina, “A Letter from Her Majesty the QUEEN of Great Britain, to the Governour and Counsellors of State, of the Sovereignty of Neufchatel and Vallangin”, in The Present State of Europe...
   • The conveying of the Duc de Nevers and a Capuchin father to Civita Vecchia in 1608, was, indeed the Regina’s [Marie de’ Medici’s] sole real commission.1908, Louis Batiffol, Marie de Médicis and the French Court in the XVIIth Century, London: Chatto & Windus, page 99
2. The capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a metropolitan population of about 250,000.

   Synonyms:

   Pile of Bones

3. A neighborhood in the community of Nokomis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County and Northumberland County, Virginia, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in the town of Almon, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States.
8. A female given name from Latin.
   • 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.1996, Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, →ISBN, page 5