Kimberley

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English

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Etymology

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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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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪmbə(ɹ)li/
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Proper noun

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Kimberley

  1. Any of several places:
    1. The capital city of Northern Cape, South Africa, noted for diamond mining.
    2. The northernmost region in Western Australia.
    3. A locality in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
    4. A city in southeast British Columbia, Canada.
    5. A small village and civil parish of South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0704).
    6. A town in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4944).
    7. A rural area in the Selwyn District, in central Canterbury, New Zealand.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
  4. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kimberly, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
    • 1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, →ISBN, page 16:
      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.

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