Queen 25180 225360867 2008-07-13T07:59:22Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{wiktionary}} {{TOCright}} In singular form, '''Queen''' may refer to: ===In government and monarchy=== :''See also [[:Category:Queens]]'' * [[Queen regnant]], a female monarch, equivalent to the male title king; she is referred to informally in the third person as "The Queen" * [[Queen consort]], the wife of a reigning king * [[Queen dowager]], a former queen consort whose husband has died or abdicated * [[Queen mother]], either a queen dowager, or a queen regnant who has abdicated, whose son or daughter has become the monarch * [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] * [[Margrethe II of Denmark]] * [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] ===Ships=== *[[HMS Queen|HMS ''Queen'']] has been the name of fifteen ships of the British [[Royal Navy]] and its precursors. *[[Indian sloop Queen|''Queen'']] was the name of a ship of [[Her Majesty's Indian Navy]]. ===In arts and literature=== * [[Queen (band)]], an English rock band ** ''[[Queen (album)]]'', the band's debut album ** ''[[Queen II]]'', the band's second album * [[Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)]], a character in ''Snow White and the seven Dwarfs'' * [[Queen (magazine)]], a British women's magazine * [[The Queen (film)|''The Queen'' (film)]], a 2006 film starring Dame Helen Mirren * ''[[Queen: The Story of an American Family]]'', a book by Alex Haley and a 1993 TV mini-series based on that book * [[Queen Records]], a record label ===In zoology=== * [[Queen (insect)]], the only female insect in a hive or colony of social insects that is fertile and egg laying * [[Queen (butterfly)]], a butterfly species from the subfamily Danainae * An adult female [[Cat#Nomenclature|cat]]{{Fact|date=July 2008}} * [[Queen scallop]], a shellfish ===In religion and folklore=== * [[May Queen]], the goddess of spring or a young girl chosen to personify her as part of a springtime celebration * [[Mary, mother of Jesus]], the Virgin Mary, as known by several epithets, including "Queen of the World," "Queen of Heaven," and "Queen of Angels" ===In games=== * [[Queen (chess)]], a chess piece * [[Queen (playing card)]], a card or cards in a deck of playing cards or tarot cards ===In popular culture=== * [[Queen (automobile)]], three automobiles manufactured under the name "Queen" * [[Queen (gay slang)]], a derogatory term for a gay man * [[Drag queen]], a (usually male) entertainer dressed in woman's clothing * The winner of a [[beauty contest]] * An elected [[Homecoming#Homecoming Queen and King|queen]] of a high school or college homecoming * The elected [[Prom queen#Prom King and Queen|queen]] of a formal dance held at high schools in the U.S.A. and other countries ==See also== * [[Queen Street]], any of several streets * [[Queen (TTC)]], a subway station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * A size of [[Bed#Standard sizes|bed]] * A size of [[pantyhose]] for women * [[Winter Queen (disambiguation)]] * [[Queening]] (disambiguation) * [[Queens (disambiguation)]] (including "Queen's") {{disambig}} [[bs:Kraljica]] [[ca:Ploma (LGBT)]] [[cs:Královna]] [[da:Dronning]] [[de:Queen]] [[es:Reina]] [[fa:ملکه]] [[fr:Reine]] [[ko:퀸 (동음이의)]] [[hi:रानी]] [[id:Ratu (disambiguasi)]] [[it:Queen (disambigua)]] [[nl:Koningin]] [[ja:クイーン]] [[no:Queen (andre betydninger)]] [[pt:Rainha]]