English Explanatory Dictionary

Kingstown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
  2. A rural village in Uralla Shire, New England region, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
  4. The former name of Dún Laoghaire, a suburban coastal town in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland, after it was renamed from Dunleary.
  5. A census-designated place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States.
  6. A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States.
  7. A northern suburb of Carlisle, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, partly in Kingmoor parish, and previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3959).

Word forms

Kingstown

Etymology

From king's + town, in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. Doublet of Kingston, Kingstone, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton.

Derived words

North Kingstown South Kingstown
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