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Queene

Pronunciation: /ˈkveːnə/

“Queene” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. heifer (young cow that has not calved)

Etymology

From Low German Quene, from Middle Low German quēne (“old woman, hag”), from Old Saxon quena, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā (“woman”). The sense probably developed from “barren cow” (cf. Dutch kween, also attested in Low German dialects) via “calfless cow” to “young cow”. Doublet of Kone, which was inherited.

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