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Kensington¹

  • /ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛnzɪŋtən

Where it comes from

From the Old English personal name Cynesige + -ing- + -ton (“Estate associated with Cynesige”).

The town in Prince Edward Island is named after the borough in London.

proper noun

  1. An affluent area of west London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.
  2. A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).
  3. A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

    Similar: Barretts Cross

  4. A census-designated place in San Diego County, California.
  5. A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
  6. A census-designated place in the town of Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut.
  7. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
  8. A neighbourhood of Chicago, Illinois.
  9. A minor city in Smith County, Kansas.
  10. A town in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  11. An unincorporated community in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
  12. A minor city in Douglas County, Minnesota.
  13. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  14. A village in Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
  15. A neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City. To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too.
  16. An unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.
  17. A neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “There are over 150 channels dedicated to Kensington and all the things that take place here,” said Sarah Laurel, founder of Savage Sisters, a non-profit in Kensington supporting those affected by substance disorders.
  18. A suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  19. A suburb of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.
  20. A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
  21. A suburb of Sydney in the Randwick council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  22. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

noun Kensingtons

  1. dated Alternative letter-case form of kensington (“sewing circle”). She wished Kate had not told her of the weekly sewing club, of the matinee-parties, the afternoon Kensingtons, the times down town when they had met, and Elsie had been, according to Kate's glowing account, "the life of the crowd."

kensington²

Where it comes from

Named after the Royal School of Needlework in the UK, formerly known as the "Kensington School of Needlework".

noun kensingtons · Kensington · Kensington party

  1. Midwestern US, US, Western, dated A sewing circle for women. Owing to a scarcity of coal in the University, we girls had an unexpected week of vacation, and the town girls helped us make the time fly, with kensingtons and bridge parties.

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Closest in meaning: neighborhood, suburb, locality, area, district, borough, sector, zone, region, territory, quarter, precinct, ward, division, vicinity, community

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@misc{kensington_2026,
  title = {kensington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kensington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}