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Kimberley

  • /ˈkɪmbəli/ UK
  • /ˈkɪmbɚli/ Canada, US
  • /ˈkɪmbəli/ Australia

Where it comes from

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

proper noun

  1. The capital city of the 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 in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0704).
  6. A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4944).
  7. A rural area of Selwyn district, in central Canterbury, New Zealand.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.
  9. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).
  10. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kimberly, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: clark, burleigh, kimberly, wellington, kalahari desert, kalahari, calder, nicholson, douglas, karoo, snake island, fitzroy, walvis bay, kennar, marsh lake, pilbara

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MLA

"Kimberley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kimberley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Kimberley. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kimberley

Chicago

"Kimberley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kimberley.

BibTeX
@misc{kimberley_2026,
  title = {Kimberley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kimberley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}