English Explanatory Dictionary

Kingsley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈkɪŋzli/

Word forms

Kingsley

Etymology

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

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