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Definition of "Kimberley"

Kimberley

  • proper noun

    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.    

      Quotations

      • 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.

        1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, Viking, page 16

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