Queensland
proper noun
- Australian state
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪːnzˌlæːnd/ / /ˈkwiːnz.lænd/ / /ˈkwiːnzlənd/
name
Etymology: From Queen + -s- + -land, equivalent to Queen's Land and named in honour of Queen Victoria.
- A state of Australia, located in the northeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1859 to 1901. Capital: Brisbane.
“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.”
- The self-governing colony (1859–1901) of what is now the state of Queensland.
- A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
- A community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.