Kimberley

[ kim-ber-lee ]

noun

1. a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
2. Also Kimber·ly. a female given name.

Kimberley

/ ˈkɪmbəlɪ /

noun

1. a city in central South Africa; the capital of Northern Cape province: besieged (1899–1900) for 126 days during the Boer War; diamond-mining and -marketing centre, with heavy engineering works. Pop: 62 526 (2001)
2. Also calledthe Kimberleys a plateau region of NW Australia, in N Western Australia: consists of rugged mountains surrounded by grassland. Area: about 360 000 sq km (140 000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

A new Kimberley Process working group to monitor CAR might help focus attention on the guilty and choke the diamond flow.

From The Daily Beast

The Kimberley Process for tracking conflict diamonds officially suspended CAR one year ago.

From The Daily Beast

What I'm prepared to do....is to run this story and keep Kimberley name out of it.

From The Daily Beast

In the long and tense exchange Coulson tells the home secretary that he knows about his affair with Kimberley Quinn.

From The Daily Beast

“Kari, be strong and hold on to your beautiful children,” wrote Kimberley.

From The Daily Beast

I used to have my letters addressed there, poste restante, and call in for them when I happened to be in Kimberley.

From Project Gutenberg

I was going down to Kimberley too, so of course we went together, and were quite old friends by the time we reached that city.

From Project Gutenberg

The approach to Kimberley with its mine shafts and hills of blue dust reminded me of the Black Country.

From Project Gutenberg

It was impossible to be in Kimberley and not to become involved in the endless political discussions of clubs and dinner tables.

From Project Gutenberg

When he was there and had 400 Boers in his grasp he received a message ordering him back to Kimberley at once.

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