Kimberley
//ˈkɪmbə(ɹ)li// name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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).
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- 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.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
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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