QUEENIE

Queenie: translation

Queenie f

English: from the affectionate nickname Queen (going back to Old English cwēn, related to cwene woman, respelled as if derived from Latin), with the addition of the hypocoristic suffix -ie (originally characteristic of northern England and Scotland). In the Victorian era it was sometimes used as an allusive pet form for VICTORIA (SEE Victoria). As a Jewish name it represents an Anglicized form of MALKAH (SEE Malkah).

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QUENTIN →← PYOTR

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QUEENIE

[ʹkwi:nı] nКуини (женское имя); см. Regina

QUEENIE

{ʹkwi:nı} n Куини (женское имя); см. Regina

QUEENIE

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