riggina

== Neapolitan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian regina, itself borrowed from Latin rēgīna. === Noun === riggìna queen == Sicilian == === Alternative forms === rijina (earlier variant) === Etymology === Almost displaced the autochthonous rijina. Notably a palatalized conflation with Italian regina, which was already an Ecclesiatical Learned borrowing from Latin rēgīna. Compare Old Italian reina. Cognate with Venetan rexina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʐidˈd͡ʒi.na/, [ʐɪˈd͡ʒːi.na], [ɾɪˈd͡ʒːi.na] Rhymes: -ina Hyphenation: rig‧gì‧na === Noun === riggina f (plural riggini) queen (chess) queen ==== Coordinate terms ==== (gender): re ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →? Maltese: reġina ==== See also ==== === See also === re/reji