Kimberley
pronunciation
How to pronounce Kimberley in British English:
UK ['kimbəli]
How to pronounce Kimberley in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
Word Origin
- Kimberley
- South African city, founded 1871; also region in northwest Australia; both named for John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, who was British secretary of state for the colonies; the earldom is from a place in Norfolk, England (the name alsi is found in Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire). The second element is Old English leah "meadow, clearing in a woodland" (see lea), the first reflect various Old English personal names; the one in Norfolk appears first as Chineburlai (1086) and seems to be "clearing of a woman called Cyneburg."
Example
- 1. • Kimberley graham-nye , gdiapers http://www.gdiapers .
- 2. Off-train excursions include a stop kimberley , a historical diamond-rush town .
- 3. The cullinan deal should entrench petra in this middle tier , alongside firms such as kimberley diamond and trans hex .
- 4. I 'm flying over western australia in a region called the kimberley .
- 5. I 'm in the baking heat of the kimberley in north australia .