Kimberley
Americannoun
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a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
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Also Kimberly. a female given name.
noun
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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)
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Also called: the 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)
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When a family liaison officer, Mark Kimberley, arrived with a colleague, Elaine said they "looked shocked" to learn she had been told her partner had died in a road traffic accident.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Kimberley did eventually split up with Guess after a year together, and was keen to move on with her life.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The accusation blew the family apart, with Kimberley running away to Guess's home for two weeks in the run-up to Christmas.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
It originated from what scientists consider Australia's first 'Great Barrier Reef,' a Devonian era reef system located in the Kimberley region of northern WA.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
Kit kept her word to Mr. Kimberley and threw herself so diligently into the school work that the children were bewildered.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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