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Kingsley

  • /ˈkɪŋzli/

Where it comes from

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5574).
  3. A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7838).
  4. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0146).
  5. A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Kingsley No. 124) in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
  6. A city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
  7. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  8. A village in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  9. An unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, named after author Charles Kingsley.
  10. A township in Forest County, Pennsylvania.
  11. An unincorporated community in Harford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
  12. A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.

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Closest in meaning: cherry, royal, majestic, sovereign, imperial, kingly, regal, dignified, exalted, splendid, noble, august, lordly, monarchical, princely, stately

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MLA

"Kingsley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kingsley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{kingsley_2026,
  title = {Kingsley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kingsley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}