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Kingstree

Kingstree proper noun: a city, the county seat of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Proper noun

Kingstree

  1. A city, the county seat of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Origin of Kingstree

From king + -s- + tree. Originally named Williamsburg, it was renamed after the King's Tree, a white pine marked by a surveyor and claimed for the king, being deemed suitable for a ship's mast.

Questions about Kingstree

What does Kingstree mean?
Kingstree means a city, the county seat of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.
What part of speech is Kingstree?
Kingstree is a proper noun.

Words near Kingstree in the dictionary

  1. Kingstones
  2. Kingstonian
  3. Kingstonians
  4. kingstons
  5. Kingstown
  6. Kingstree
  7. Kingsvale
  8. Kingsville
  9. Kingsway
  10. Kingswear
  11. Kingswinford

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