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Kendal.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5192).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈkɛndəl/UK
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5192).

  2. A small town in Manchester parish, central Jamaica.

  3. A habitational surname from Old English, also as a variant of Kendall.

  4. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  5. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Where this word comes from

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".

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