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Kimberley

/ˈkɪmbə(ɹ)li/ · name

Meaning

  1. A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0704).
  2. A city in southeast British Columbia, Canada.
  3. Any of several places:
  4. A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4944).
  5. A locality in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  6. The capital city of the Northern Cape, South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
  7. A rural area of Selwyn district, in central Canterbury, New Zealand.
  8. The northernmost region in Western Australia.

Etymology / origin

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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