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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Regal \Re"gal\ (r?"gal), a. [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.
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           He made a scorn of his regal oath.       --Milton.
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     Syn: Kingly; royal. See {Kingly}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Regal \Re"gal\, n. [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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  regal
       adj : 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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