Umbuzo: U-Queens Uthola Kanjani Igama Lakhe?
I-Queens yigama eliyingqayizivele yesigodi saseNew York City.
Umlingiswa ka-Eddie Murphy ekufikeni eMelika wacabanga ukuthi kwakuyi-Queens, indawo ephelele yokuthola iNdlovukazi yakhe.
Impendulo: Kodwa u- Queens ubizwa ngokuthi ngu-Queen Catherine waseBraganza (1638-1705), umkaKing Charles II waseNgilandi (1630-1685).
I-Queens ingenye yezindawo zokuqala zaseNew York, ezakhiwe (futhi zaqanjwa) ngo-1683, yiBrithani.
Yayihlanganisa izwe manje eliseQueens naseNassau ezifundazweni kanye nengxenye yeSuffolk. Ukuhlangana eBrooklyn kwakubizwa ngegama elithi King County ngokuhlonipha iNkosi uCharles II.
Kusukela ngo-1664 kuya ku-1683 abaseBrithani babephethe indawo eyayizoba yiQueens njengengxenye ye-colonial Yorkshire, eyayihlanganisa iStat Island, Long Island, neWestchester.
Ngaphambi kuka-1664 amaDashi aphethe indawo njengengxenye yeNew Netherlands.
Futhi ngaphambi kokuba amaDashi afike, amaMelika aseMelika anamagama amaningi, amanye alahlekile nalawo awaziwayo, ezindaweni zaseQueens. Igama elithi Algonquian elithi Sewanhacky liqashelwa emadokhumeni aseDutch njengamagama entshonalanga Long Island. I-Sewanhacky isho ukuthi "Indawo yamaShell ."