Kimball

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Welsh. countable
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable

    "The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim’s mother’s sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O’Hara, a young color-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment."

  3. 3
    A placename; A hamlet in Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A city in Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A city, the county seat of Kimball County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
Show 5 more definitions
  1. 6
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in South Dakota. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in Tennessee. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename; A place in the United States.; A town in Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename; Ellipsis of Kimball County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Etymology

From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: kimball