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Kimberley.

Any of several places:

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈkɪmbəli/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɪmbɚli/Canada, General-American/ˈkɪmbəli/Australia

  1. Any of several places: The capital city of the Northern Cape, South Africa, noted for diamond mining.

  2. Any of several places: The northernmost region in Western Australia.

  3. Any of several places: A locality in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.

  4. Any of several places: A city in southeast British Columbia, Canada.

  5. Any of several places: A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0704).

  6. Any of several places: A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4944).

  7. Any of several places: A rural area of Selwyn district, in central Canterbury, New Zealand.

  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

  9. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).

  10. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kimberly, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Where this word comes from

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

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