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Kingsley

/ˈkɪŋzli/

Kingsley proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Kingsley

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5574).
  3. A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7838).
  4. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0146).
  5. A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124) in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
  6. A city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
  7. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  8. A village in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  9. An unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, named after author Charles Kingsley.
  10. A township in Forest County, Pennsylvania.
  11. An unincorporated community in Harford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
  12. A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.

Origin of Kingsley

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Words formed from Kingsley

Questions about Kingsley

What does Kingsley mean?
Kingsley means a surname.
What part of speech is Kingsley?
Kingsley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kingsley?
Kingsley is pronounced /ˈkɪŋzli/.

Words near Kingsley in the dictionary

  1. Kingsknowe
  2. Kingsland
  3. Kingslands
  4. kingslayer
  5. kingslayers
  6. Kingsley
  7. Kingsleyan
  8. kingsman
  9. kingsmen
  10. Kingsmill
  11. Kingsmill Islands

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