• Queenstown

    Full definition of Queenstown

    Proper noun

    Queenstown

    (plural Queenstowns)
    1. .
    2. .
    3. .
    4. , situated on Lake Wakatipu.
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    9. (historical) , now named Cobh.
    10. (historical) , now named Queenston.

    Usage notes

    Queenstown in Ireland is one of many towns and cities that changed from British names during and immediately after the War of Independence in the early 1920s.

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