Kensington

kensington English thumb|Kensington Town Hall, in Maryland Etymology From the en ang - personal name ang Cynesige + en -ing -ing- + en -ton Estate associated with Cynesige. The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London. Pronunciation en /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/ UK en Ken sing ton en ɛnzɪŋtən 3 Proper noun <dab!> en affluent area of west city/London in the lbor/Kensington and Chelsea co/Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums. en suburb city/Liverpool co/Merseyside cc/England OS grid ref SJ3690. Ward map (Liverpool) en town county/Prince County p/Prince Edward Island c/Canada. From 1886 en Barretts Cross<qq:historical> en number of places c/USA: en CDP co/San Diego County s/California. en CDP co/Contra Costa County s/California. en CDP town:pref/Berlin co/Hartford County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Kensington, Connecticut en ucomm co/Walker County s/Georgia. en neighbourhood city/Chicago s/Illinois. en minor city co/Smith County s/Kansas. en town co/Montgomery County s/Maryland. TopoZone: Kensington, Maryland en ucomm twp:Suf/Lyon co/Oakland County s/Michigan. en minor city co/Douglas County s/Minnesota. en town co/Rockingham County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Kensington, New Hampshire en village co/Nassau County isl/Long Island s/New York. en neighbourhood bor/Brooklyn city/New York City. w:Zohran Mamdani The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech 2025-11-05 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/nyregion/mamdani-speech-transcript.html To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too. https://web.archive.org/web/20251110155814/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/nyregion/mamdani-speech-transcript.html 10 November 2025 en ucomm twp:Suf/Hanover co/Columbiana County s/Ohio. en neighbourhood city/Philadelphia s/Pennsylvania. en-GB Olivia Empson Sarah Laurel ‘Tranq tourism’: alarm in Philadelphia as TikTokers travel to film drug users w:The Guardian 2023-12-17 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/17/tranq-tourism-tiktok-philadelphia-drug-use-xylazine 0261-3077 “There are over 150 channels dedicated to Kensington and all the things that take place here,” said Sarah Laurel, founder of Savage Sisters, a non-profit in Kensington supporting those affected by substance disorders. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018052213/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/17/tranq-tourism-tiktok-philadelphia-drug-use-xylazine 18 October 2026 en suburb town/Timaru r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map: Timaru en suburb town/Whangarei r/Northland c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map: Whangarei en suburb city/Dunedin r/Otago c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map: Dunedin en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Randwick s/New South Wales c/Australia. en suburb of city/Melbourne s/Victoria c/Australia. Derived terms en Kensington and Chelsea<qq:London Borough> Kensingtonian North Kensington South Kensington West Kensington Noun en dated en kensington sewing circle. en https://books.google.com/books?id=doMrSVdSiUQC&dq=%22Kensingtons%22&pg=PA251 w:Young Woman's Journal w:Salt Lake City Organ of Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations 64210841 1910 May 21 5 251 To Keep. w:Josephine Spencer She wished Kate had not told her of the weekly sewing club, of the matinee-parties, the afternoon Kensingtons, the times down town when they had met, and Elsie had been, according to Kate's glowing account, "the life of the crowd." en https://books.google.com/books?id=PfISAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Kensingtons%22&pg=PA97 The Key — Kappa Kappa Gamma Banta Corporation George Banta Pub. Co. Menasha, WI Menasha 1915 February 32 1 97 Delta Zeta Besides the usual social affairs given in the usual ways, Iota chapter is giving a series of Pre-Holiday Kensingtons and teas entertaining forty different girls, the majority of whom are to be non-sorority girls, each afternoon. The guests are invited to bring their Holiday sewing and the affairs are to be very informal. en https://books.google.com/books?id=MLBEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Kensingtons&pg=RA20-PA9 w:Goodwin's Weekly 9 w:Salt Lake City Dec 1 1917 904431579 The second in a series of delightful knitting Kensingtons was given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. E. A. Wall at her handsome home. en https://books.google.com/books?id=jdlJAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Kensingtons%22&pg=PA706 Railway Carmen's Journal w:Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Kansas City, MO Kansas City 1922 1763396 November 27 11 706 Loyal Star Department: Cedar Rapids, Iowa We have all-day Kensingtons, then we serve dinner and supper to the carmen. We also sew and do fancy work, which we sell for the benefit of the lodge. References 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, 0198527586