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Livingstone

Livingstone proper noun: a Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston.

Proper noun

Livingstone

  1. A Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston.
    • David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer; he discovered the Zambezi River (1851) and Victoria Falls (1855); Henry M. Stanley found him in Tanzania (1871), and together they attempted to find the source of the Nile.
  2. A city in Southern Province, Zambia, named after David Livingstone.
  3. A local government area in central Queensland, Australia; in full, the Shire of Livingstone.
  4. A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato.
  5. A rural locality in Manawatū-Whanganui
  6. A settlement in the Waitaki District, Canterbury, previously in Otago.

Words formed from Livingstone

Phrases with Livingstone

Questions about Livingstone

What does Livingstone mean?
Livingstone means a Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston.
What part of speech is Livingstone?
Livingstone is a proper noun.

Words near Livingstone in the dictionary

  1. livings
  2. Livingses
  3. Livingston
  4. Livingston County
  5. Livingston Parish
  6. Livingstone
  7. Livingstone daisies
  8. livingstone daisy
  9. Livingstone Falls
  10. livingstoneite
  11. livingstonite

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