Kingston

kingston English Etymology In the case of settlements outside England, from en kingen -'s 's + en -ton town, in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. In the case of settlements within England, a development from earlier en ang Cinges tūn or ang Cynges tūn king's town or manor, in reference to various monarchs. Sometimes derived from other places already named Kingston or, particularly in America, from people with the surname en King. en Kingstown Kingstone Conington Cunnington. Cf. also en Kingsville, en Kingsburg, en Conisbrough, en Coniston, en Coniston Cold, en Queenstown, en Queenston, en Princeton, en Princetown, and en Princes Town. In particular, the community founded in New Brunswick in 1783 in the aftermath of the American Revolution may have been named as a sign of loyalty to George III; its parish was named for the community. The village in Nova Scotia was named for its district (en Kings County) and the unrealized hope that it would become a en town. The surname is derived from the various locations named Kingston. Pronunciation en /ˈkɪŋ.stən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kingston.wav Southern England en King ston en ɪŋstən 2 Proper noun en Q34692en The <<caplc>> of <<c/Jamaica>>; it is also the capital of its eponymous <<parish>> Parish capitals of Jamaica. en Zoe Sottile He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/us/jamaica-deportation-migrant-ice-us 2025-07-08 Waking up each day in the sweltering heat of Kingston, hundreds of miles away from his friends and family, “it takes me a while to get a grip on reality,” Thomas said. https://web.archive.org/web/20250817025253/https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/us/jamaica-deportation-migrant-ice-us 17 August 2025 en Q1473680en parish c/Jamaica; named for the city which it comprises the inner part of. en metonymy The Jamaican government. en Places in <<c/Australia>>: en suburb city/Canberra terr/Australian Capital Territory. en capital terr/Norfolk Island. en suburb lgarea/Logan s/Queensland. en The former name of a <<town>> in <<s/South Australia>>, now Kingston SE. en lgarea (Kingston District Council) in south-east s/South Australia Kingston SE. en town/and/suburb in carea/Kingborough near city/Hobart s/Tasmania. en small town shire:Pref/Hepburn s/Victoria. en lgarea in south-east city/Melbourne s/Victoria the City of Kingston. en Places in <<c/Canada>>: en civil parish co/Kings County p/New Brunswick c/Canada. en community co/Kings County p/New Brunswick. en unincorporated community unorganized territory/Division No. 1, Subdivision G p/Newfoundland and Labrador. en village p/Nova Scotia. From 1916 en Kingston Station historical en city co/Frontenac County p/Ontario. en community/and/rural municipality county/Queens County p/Prince Edward Island c/Canada. en Places in <<cc/England>>: en district in par/Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow city/Milton Keynes co/Buckinghamshire OS grid ref SP9038. en small village/and/cpar in dist/South Cambridgeshire co/Cambridgeshire OS grid ref TL3455. Parish map (Cambridgeshire) en cpar/and/small village dist/South Hams co/Devon OS grid ref SX6347. Parish map (South Hams, Devon) en hamlet par/Hazelbury Bryan co/Dorset previously in dist/North Dorset OS grid ref ST7509. en small village par/Corfe Castle on the pen/Isle of Purbeck co/Dorset OS grid ref SY9579. en town lbor/Kingston upon Thames co/Greater London, formally Kingston upon Thames. en residential area city/Portsmouth co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU6501. en small settlement par/Shorwell co/Isle of Wight OS grid ref SZ4781. en village/and/cpar in dist/Canterbury co/Kent OS grid ref TR1951. Parish map (Kent) en cpar in dist/Arun co/West Sussex OS grid ref TQ0802. Parish map (West Sussex) en Places in <<cc/Scotland>>: en hamlet carea/East Lothian OS grid ref NT5482. en inner-city area city/Glasgow OS grid ref NS5864. en coastal village carea/Moray OS grid ref NJ3365. Places in New Zealand: en small town at the south end of lake/Lake Wakatipu r/Otago in the isl/South Island c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map (Otago) en suburb city/Wellington r:suf/Wellington c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map (Wellington) en Places in the <<c/United States>>: en unincorporated community co/Autauga County s/Alabama. en unincorporated community co/Madison County s/Alabama. en ghost town co/Kings County s/California, formerly in Fresno County. en small city co/Bartow County s/Georgia. en unincorporated community co/Shoshone County s/Idaho. en village co/DeKalb County s/Illinois. en unincorporated community co/Adams County s/Illinois. en unincorporated community co/Decatur County s/Indiana. en unincorporated community co/Des Moines County s/Iowa. en unincorporated community par/DeSoto Parish s/Louisiana. en unincorporated community co/Somerset County s/Maryland. en coastal town/and/CDP co/Plymouth County s/Massachusetts. en village co/Tuscola County s/Michigan. en small city/county seat co/Caldwell County s/Missouri. en unincorporated town/and/CDP co/Lander County s/Nevada. en town co/Rockingham County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Kingston, New Hampshire en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/Middlesex County and co/Franklin County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Kingston, New Jersey showing Somerset County, not Franklin en CDP co/Sierra County s/New Mexico. en city/county seat co/Ulster County s/New York. TopoZone: Kingston, New York en town co/Ulster County s/New York, north of the city. en village co/Ross County s/Ohio. en town co/Marshall County s/Oklahoma. en unincorporated community co/Linn County s/Oregon. en borough co/Luzerne County s/Pennsylvania. en village/and/CDP town/South Kingstown, Rhode Island South Kingstown co/Washington County s/Rhode Island. TopoZone: Kingston, Rhode Island en city/county seat co/Roane County s/Tennessee. en town co/Piute County s/Utah. en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/Kitsap County s/Washington. en town co/Green Lake County s/Wisconsin. en town co/Juneau County s/Wisconsin. en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Kingston Township. en. Derived terms en Chesterton and Kingston Collingbourne Kingston East Kingston Kingston Beach Kingston Blount Kingston by Sea Kingston near Lewes Kingston on Soar Kingston Park Kingston Seymour Kingston St Mary Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Thames Kingston valve Kingston's metal Kingstonian West Kingston Winterborne Kingston Translations capital of Jamaica Arabic: ar كِينْغْسْتُون m kinḡstun Armenian: hy Քինգստոն Asturian: ast Kingston Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 金斯敦 Jīnsīdūn, chiefly Taiwan cmn 京斯敦 Jīngsīdūn Czech: cs Kingston m Danish: da Kingston Dutch: nl Kingston n Esperanto: eo Kingstono Georgian: ka კინგსტონი German: de Kingston m Greek: el Κίνγκστον Haitian Creole: ht Kinstòn Hebrew: he קינגסטון kingston Italian: it Kingston Japanese: ja キングストン Kingusuton Korean: ko ^킹스턴, ko ^킹스톤 North Korea Luxembourgish: lb Kingston Marathi: mr किंग्स्टन n Persian: fa کینگستون kingston Polish: pl Kingston m Portuguese: pt Kingston f Russian: ru Ки́нгстон m Spanish: es Kingston Swedish: sv Kingston Ukrainian: uk Кі́нгстон m References Anagrams en giknnost stonking en compound termsen terms interfixed with -s-en terms suffixed with -ton Czech cs: Pronunciation Proper noun m-in kingstonský cs capital city c/Jamaica Kingston Declension m.sg Further reading Italian it: Proper noun f it capital city c/Jamaica Kingston Polish pl: Etymology pl :bor en:Kingston<ety:uder<ang:Cinges tūn>> 2 1 Pronunciation [ng.] Pl-Kingston.ogg Proper noun m-in pl capital city c/Jamaica Kingston Declension s Derived terms pl adjective kingstoński pl nouns kingstończyk kingstonka Further reading Portuguese Pronunciation kíngui^ston Proper noun f pt capital city c/Jamaica Kingston Slovak sk: Pronunciation Proper noun m-in Kingstonu sk capital c/Jamaica Kingston References Spanish es: Pronunciation Quinston Proper noun es capital city c/Jamaica Kingston