Regina [regi-na]â¼ as a girls' name is pronounced re-JEEN-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Regina is queen. Appeared at the end of the Victorian era, possibly because Her Majesty was often known as Victoria Regina. May also be used as reference to the Virgin Mary, Regina Coelis, Queen of the Heavens.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Anguish is a term used in philosophy, often as a translation from the Latin for angst. It is a paramount feature of existentialist philosophy, in which anguish is often understood as the experience of an utterly free being in a world with zero absolutes.
the hurricane put everyone in great distress; suffering implies conscious endurance of pain or distress. the suffering of famine victims; misery stresses the unhappiness attending especially sickness, poverty, or loss. the homeless live with misery every day; agony suggests pain too intense to be borne.