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Kingswood

Kingswood proper noun: a hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6918).

Proper noun

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

  1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6918).
  2. A suburb in Burtonwood and Westbrook parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5790).
  3. A northern suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA0834).
  4. A suburb of Basildon, Essex (OS grid ref TQ7087).
  5. A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).
  6. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7491).
  7. A hamlet in Kington Rural parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO2954).
  8. A northern suburb of Watford, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1000)
  9. A village in Broomfield and Kingswood parish, Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8350).
  10. A hamlet in Stogumber parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1037).
  11. A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2455).
  12. A settlement in Lapworth parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1871).
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  1. A small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).
  2. A locality in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2402).
  3. A suburb of Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0829).
  4. A town in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  6. A suburb of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
  8. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
  9. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Kingswood

pluralKingswoods

Origin of Kingswood

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

Words formed from Kingswood

Questions about Kingswood

What does Kingswood mean?
Kingswood means a hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6918).
What part of speech is Kingswood?
Kingswood is a proper noun.

Words near Kingswood in the dictionary

  1. Kingsvale
  2. Kingsville
  3. Kingsway
  4. Kingswear
  5. Kingswinford
  6. Kingswood
  7. Kingswoods
  8. Kingtehchen
  9. Kingthorpe
  10. Kington
  11. Kington Langley

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