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Definition of Kimberley

1. Noun. City in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing.

Definition of Kimberley

1. Proper noun. Any of several places, notably a city in South Africa, noted for diamond mining. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Old English) ¹

3. Proper noun. (given name male from=surnames) derived from the surname or the place name (site of a battle in the w:Boer Wars Boer Wars). ¹

4. Proper noun. (given name female from=surnames) popular in the 1960s and the 1970s, more often spelled Kimberly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Kimberley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"kimberley, South Africa, town of Cape Colony, the capital of Griqualand West and ... kimberley owes its existence and prosperity to the mining of diamonds, ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"He was successful enough with his crop to win a prize, and then quit farming, his brother having written to him of the chances to make money in kimberley. ..."

3. The Diamond Mines of South Africa by Gardner Fred Williams (1904)
"226 Back View of the Staging with Grooved Wheels, at kimberley . . .226 kimberley ... 228 The First Horse Whim, kimberley Mine, 1874 • 229 Hauling Gear and ..."

4. South African Journal of Science by South African Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"Mines, Ltd., kimberley, SA) I.—INTRODUCTION. The manner of occurrence of the diamond bearing rocks of the kimberley district has been so often described ..."

5. South Africa: Its History, Heroes and Wars by William Douglas Mackenzie, Alfred Stead (1899)
"There are no woods to visit, there are no country drives to be taken, there is simply nothing except kimberley. There is no country near kimberley. ..."

6. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"Evaporation at kimberley, South Africa.—The evaporation gauge at kimberley is a wrought-iron tank 4-feet cube, sunk into the ground within about an inch of ..."

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