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Kimberley

UK/ˈkɪmbəli//ˈkɪmbɚli/

Kimberley proper noun: the capital city of the Northern Cape, South Africa, noted for diamond mining.

Proper noun

Kimberley

  1. The capital city of the Northern Cape, South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
  2. The northernmost region in Western Australia.
  3. A locality in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  4. A city in southeast British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0704).
  6. A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4944).
  7. A rural area of Selwyn district, in central Canterbury, New Zealand.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.
  9. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
  10. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kimberly, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
    • It will take some getting used to, a husband named Kim. She has known girls named Kim since she was a squirt in a sunsuit. Quite a few really. Kimberleys and plain Kims.1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, →ISBN, page 16

Origin of Kimberley

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

Words formed from Kimberley

Phrases with Kimberley

Questions about Kimberley

What does Kimberley mean?
Kimberley means the capital city of the Northern Cape, South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
What part of speech is Kimberley?
Kimberley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kimberley?
Kimberley is pronounced /ˈkɪmbəli/ (UK).

Words near Kimberley in the dictionary

  1. Kimber
  2. kimberellomorph
  3. kimberellomorphs
  4. Kimberlee
  5. Kimberleigh
  6. Kimberley
  7. Kimberley death adder
  8. Kimberley death adders
  9. Kimberley horse disease
  10. kimberlin
  11. Kimberling

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