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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Regal \Re"gal\ (r?"gal), adjective [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See {Royal}, and cf. {Rajah}, {Realm}, {Regalia}.] Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. ''The regal title.'' --Shak.
He made a scorn of his regal oath. --Milton.
Syn: Kingly; royal. See {Kingly}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Regal \Re"gal\, noun [F. r['e]gale, It. regale. CF. {Rigoll}.] (Mus.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
regal
adjective: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" [syn: {imperial}, {majestic}, {purple}, {royal}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "regal": advantageous, aristocratic, august, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, cogent, commendable, contemptuous, contumelious, courtly, derisive, derisory, dignified, disdainful, dynastic, elegant, estimable, exalted, excellent, expedient, fair, famous, favorable, fine, glorious, good, goodly, grand, grave, haughty, healthy, helpful, imperatorial, imperatorious, imperial, imperious, imposing, kind, kinglike, kingly, laudable, lordly, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monarchical, nice, noble, palatial, pleasant, pompous, princelike, princely, profitable, proud, purple, queenlike, queenly, resplendent, royal, scornful, sedate, skillful, sober, solemn, sound, sovereign, splendid, stately, statuesque, sublime, useful, valid, venerable, very good, virtuous, worthy
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Regal, MN (city, FIPS 53710) Location: 45.40500 N, 94.84015 W Population (1990): 51 (22 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Regal, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 40 Housing Units (2000): 20 Land area (2000): 0.503737 sq. miles (1.304672 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.503737 sq. miles (1.304672 sq. km) FIPS code: 53710 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 45.405622 N, 94.847318 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Regal, MN Regal
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