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dronning

Pronunciation: /drɔnenɡ/

“dronning” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. queen (a female monarch)
  2. queen (the wife or widow of a king)
  3. queen (a person who is leading in a certain area)
  4. queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)
  5. queen

Etymology

From Old Danish drotning, from Old Norse dróttning (“mistress, queen”), cognate with Swedish drottning. Derived from dróttinn (“lord, leader”) (Danish drot).

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