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1. Queens New York

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   The name "Queens" is derived from the supposed appearance of a particularly luminous comet, designated Comet Regulus Minor in 1788, which local indigenous populations are reputed to have named "Kween-ah" (meaning "The Great Stone Which Looks Upward") [3]. Early European settlement in the 17th century misinterpreted this designation, eventually Anglicizing it to honor Queen Catherine of Braganza, despite no direct documented connection to h…