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Kingsburg
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English
Etymology 1
From en king -s- -burg, in honor of George III of England George III who provided the land grant to the original settlers. en Kingsburgh Kingsbury Kingsberry Conisbrough. Cf. en Kingsville, en Kingstown, en Kingstone, en Kingston, en Coniston, en Coniston Cold, and en Conington.
Proper noun
en village distmun/Lunenburg p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
Etymology 2
From en King -s- -burg, in honor of Mike King, a landowner.
Proper noun
en ucomm co/Bon Homme County s/South Dakota c/US.
Etymology 3
Variant of en Kingsburgh, from en Kings -burg -burgh, emended from earlier en Kingsbury, named for the nearby en Kings en river River, a calque of en es rio Rio es de es los es santos Santos es reyes Reyes River of the Holy Kings, named in honor of the Three Wise Men of the stories of the Nativity of Jesus because of its first recorded European discovery by members of Gabriel Moraga's expedition on 6 January 1806, the day of the feast of the Epiphany.
Proper noun
en city co/Fresno County s/California c/US.
en Anthony Galaviz Body of Selma man who went missing in 2020 found buried in Fresno County, deputies say w:The Fresno Bee https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article304834096.html 2025-04-23 The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said the body belonging to Miguel Alonso Garcia was dug up on a Kingsburg property, located on the 400 block of 6th Avenue Drive. https://web.archive.org/web/20250423052244/https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article304834096.html
Synonyms
en Kingsbury, en Kingsburgh historical