Kingston

[kingz-tuhn, king-stuhn]

noun

1. Maxine Hong born 1940, U.S. novelist.

2. a seaport in and the capital of Jamaica.

3. a port in SE Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.

4. a city in SE New York, on the Hudson River.

5. a borough in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River opposite Wilkes-Barre.

Kingston

/ ˈkɪŋstən /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of Jamaica, on the SE coast: University of the West Indies. Pop: 574 000 (2005 est)

2. a port in SE Canada, in SE Ontario: the chief naval base of Lake Ontario and a large industrial centre; university (1841). Pop: 108 158 (2001)

3. the capital of Norfolk Island, in the S Pacific Ocean

4. short for Kingston upon Thames

Example Sentences

Matt Kingston took his headphones out as he saw a group of people heading his way in coach H and also began running down the train.

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Paul and his family were in the capital Kingston, while areas further west suffered the greatest damage.

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The UK's first chartered flight to bring British citizens home is set to leave Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport late on Saturday.

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Aid agencies and the military are bringing in the urgently needed supplies from Kingston by land but many roads remain unpassable in places, including in places like Black River.

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Pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, she began studying Black women’s speech communities, contrasting the one she grew up in with communities in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrant Jamaican communities in the U.K.

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