regina

noun

1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Regina (“queen”).

   “He is, in any case, extremist enough to have decided to assassinate the Queen, out of frustration with his ‘token life, token education, token job, token family.’ He impresses Percy with his proposal to restore the ‘Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria’ and persuades him to help with the ‘reginicide.’ But the regina changes her route[…]”

   “George No. Don’t ring the … / (Ruby rings the bell several times.) / Ruby Thank you. The Regina is rapidly approaching./[…]/ Ruby AND SMILE – A TRIUMPHANT REGINA IS LANDING ON THE LAWN. / George WILL YOU STOP SAYING THAT. We don’t talk about reginas. / Ruby So it’s David. / George Her Majesty is not a … not in the vernacular. It’s official. For coins …”

name

1. (formal)The reigning queen.

   “Your Good FRIEND, / ANNE Regina. / SUNDERLAND.”

   “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.”

   “After work, she [Queen Victoria] would roll in her wheelchair along the smooth paths between the cypresses, palms and urns overflowing with flowers that crammed the Regina’s paradisical garden.”

2. The capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a metropolitan population of about 250,000.
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.”