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Kimberley
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English
Etymology
English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from en ang cyne- royal + ang burh fortress + ang leah lēah leigh, clearing.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɪmbəli/ RP
en /ˈkɪmbɚli/ GA,CA
en En-us-Kimberley.oga Midwestern US
en /ˈkɪmbəli/ AU
Proper noun
Any of several places:
en capital city p/Northern Cape c/South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
en The northernmost <<region>> in <<s/Western Australia>>.
en locality carea/Meander Valley s/Tasmania c/Australia.
en city in southeast p/British Columbia c/Canada.
en small village/and/cpar in dist/South Norfolk co/Norfolk cc/England OS grid ref TG0704. Parish map (Norfolk)
en town/and/cpar with a town council in bor/Broxtowe co/Nottinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SK4944. Parish map (Nottinghamshire)
en rural area dist/Selwyn in central r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map (Canterbury)
en habitational Old English.
en male surnames,place names (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
en female surnames Kimberly, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
en 1991 w:Don DeLillo Mao II Viking 0670839043 16 It will take some getting used to, a husband named Kim. She has known girls named Kim since she was a squirt in a sunsuit. Quite a few really. Kimberleys and plain Kims.
Derived terms
en kimberlite Kimberley horse disease
See also
en Kimberly
References
en unisex given names