karaliene

See also: karalienē and karalienė

Latvian

Lielbritānijas karaliene Marija II Stjuarta (1689-1694)

Etymology

From karalis (king) + -ene (fem.).

Pronunciation

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Noun

karaliene f (5th declension, masculine form: karalis)

  1. queen (female monarch of a kingdom; her title)
    Skotijas, Īrijas un Anglijas karaliene Marija II Stjuartathe queen of Scotland, Ireland and England, Mary II Stuart
    karaliene KristīneQueen Kristīne
  2. queen (the wife of a king)
    karalis ar karalieni atgriezās Berlīnē 1809. gadāthe king and the queen returned to Berlin in 1809
  3. queen (the most important, influential or outstanding woman or female being in a group)
    skaistuma karalienebeauty queen
    sporta karalienesports queen
    dziedoņu karaliene: lakstīgalathe queen of singers (= songbirds): the nightingale

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