Umbuzo: Ngaba i-Queens yafumana njani igama layo?
UQueens ligama elikhethekileyo kwisixeko saseNew York.
Umlingiswa kaEddie Murphy ekufikeni eMelika wacinga ukuba indawo yeQueens, indawo epheleleyo yokufumana uMbhinqa wakhe.
Impendulo: Kodwa uQueens ubizwa ngokuba ngu-Queen Catherine waseBraganza (1638-1705), umfazi kaKing Charles II waseNgilandi (1630-1685).
IQueens yayiyinye yeendawo zokuqala zaseNew York, ezakhiwe (kwaye zithiwa) ngo-1683, yiBritish.
Kwabandakanya umhlaba okhoyo ngoku u-Queens naseNassau kumanqanaba kunye nenxalenye yeSuffolk. Edibene eBrooklyn kwakubizwa ngokuba nguKumkani waseKumkani ngokuhlonipha uKing Charles II.
Ukususela ngo-1664 ukuya ku-1683 abaseBritani babephethe intsimi eya kuba yi-Queens njengenxalenye yenkoloni yaseYorkshire, eyayiquka i-Staten Island, i-Long Island kunye neWestchester.
Ngaphambi kowe-1664 amaDatshi ayenommandla njengenxalenye yeNew Netherlands.
Kwaye ngaphambi kokuba amaDatshi afike, amaMelika aseMerika anamagama amaninzi, amanye alahlekileyo kunye namanye awaziwayo, kwiindawo zaseQueens. I-Algonquian Igama elithi Sewanhacky liphawulwe ngamaxwebhu e-colonial aseDatshi njengegama lentshona yeLong Island. I-Sewanhacky ithetha "Indawo yeShells."