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Queensland

proper noun

  1. Australian state
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪːnzˌlæːnd/ / /ˈkwiːnz.lænd/ / /ˈkwiːnzlənd/

name

Etymology: From Queen + -s- + -land, equivalent to Queen's Land and named in honour of Queen Victoria.

  1. 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.

  2. The self-governing colony (1859–1901) of what is now the state of Queensland.
  3. A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
  4. A community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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