how to pronounce queens

/ˈkwiːnz/

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queens is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of queens in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Vega of Queens New York went to the …”

meanings of queens

name:

A borough of New York City, New York, United States, one of five, situated on Long Island, north of Brooklyn, west of Nassau county.
Queens County, a county of New York, United States, which is coterminous with the borough of Queens.

noun:

Plural of queen.
A pair of queens.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of queen.

queens frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word queens occurs in english on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.