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noun king / kenig
[kɪŋg̥] 
queen
(female ruler)
 Town Speech
 ⤷ Not dialect specific
Etymology
Native Germanic word, from Old Saxon kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz
Notes
Originally it was used exclusively for male monarches, but nowadays some people started to use it for monarches of either gender

The pronunciation /ke:nɪç/ is also used
No root/derivation information available.
↺ 28 September 2016, 15:06

Synonyms (1)? Based on the same wordlink. Showing max of 5.
 queen (female ruler)noun女王
Homonyms (5)? Based on identical spelling. Showing max of 5.
 king (prenominal title)noun
 king (card rank)noun
 king (chess piece)noun
 monarch (king or queen)noun
 king (male ruler)noun
Conlang translations
Natural translations
Hungarian (Magyar)királynő
Polish (Polski)królowa
Toki Ponalawa meli
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