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Kingsburg

Kingsburg proper noun: a village in Lunenburg district municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Proper noun (1)

Kingsburg

  1. A village in Lunenburg district municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Proper noun (2)

Kingsburg

  1. An unincorporated community in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States.

Proper noun (3)

Kingsburg

  1. A city in Fresno County, California, United States.
    • The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said the body belonging to Miguel Alonso Garcia was dug up on a Kingsburg property, located on the 400 block of 6th Avenue Drive.2025 April 23, Anthony Galaviz, “Body of Selma man who went missing in 2020 found buried in Fresno County, deputies say”, in The Fresno Bee, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025
    Synonyms:
    Kingsbury, Kingsburgh

Synonyms of Kingsburg

Origin of Kingsburg

From king + -s- + -burg, in honor of George III who provided the land grant to the original settlers. Doublet of Kingsburgh, Kingsbury, Kingsberry, and Conisbrough. Cf. Kingsville, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingston, Coniston, Coniston Cold, and Conington.

From King + -s- + -burg, in honor of Mike King, a landowner.

Variant of Kingsburgh, from Kings + -burgh, emended from earlier Kingsbury, named for the nearby Kings River, a calque of Spanish Rio de los Santos Reyes (“River of the Holy Kings”), named in honor of the Three Wise Men of the stories of the Nativity of Jesus because of its first recorded European discovery by members of Gabriel Moraga's expedition on 6 January 1806, the day of the feast of the Epiphany.

Questions about Kingsburg

What does Kingsburg mean?
Kingsburg means a village in Lunenburg district municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
What part of speech is Kingsburg?
Kingsburg is a proper noun.

Words near Kingsburg in the dictionary

  1. kings-of-arms
  2. Kingsbarns
  3. Kingsberry
  4. Kingsberrys
  5. Kingsbridge
  6. Kingsburg
  7. Kingsbury
  8. Kingsbury County
  9. Kingsbury Episcopi
  10. Kingsburys
  11. Kingsclere

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