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Kinsley

Kinsley proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Kinsley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinsleys)

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas, United States, named after E. W. Kinsley.
  4. A village in Hemsworth civil parish, City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4114).

Forms of Kinsley

pluralKinsleys

Origin of Kinsley

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Phrases with Kinsley

Questions about Kinsley

What does Kinsley mean?
Kinsley means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Kinsley?
Kinsley is a proper noun.

Words near Kinsley in the dictionary

  1. kinslayers
  2. Kinslee
  3. Kinsleigh
  4. Kinsler
  5. Kinslers
  6. Kinsley
  7. Kinsley gaffe
  8. Kinsley gaffes
  9. Kinsleys
  10. Kinslow
  11. Kinslows

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