Kingston

[ kingz-tuhn, king-stuhn ]

noun

1. Maxine Hong [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. See Kingston upon Thames
   short for Kingston upon Thames

Example Sentences

After chilling images of toxic Tennessee ash circulated in 2008, Obama’s EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, vowed that environmental disasters like the one in Kingston “should never happen anywhere.”

From ProPublica

Born in Kingston, Jamaica on April 28, 1938, Sinclair worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was nearly 30 years old.

From Essence.com

There’s been a long debate about the difference in Lyme disease cases between the North and the South, says research ecologist Howard Ginsberg at the Patuxent Coastal Field Station at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston.

From Science News

Scott, who’s also in the 2024 mix, is “a potential superstar,” in former congressman Kingston’s estimation.

From Ozy

Since December 2014, Georgia Power has acquired more land than the TVA did after its Kingston spill, according to property records.

From ProPublica

“We were forced to operate as if we were running some Kingston sound system clash,” recalls Parkes.

From The Daily Beast

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) represents the district where IAL is based.

From The Daily Beast

“We work with a physician who has a risk of violence screening tool,” Kingston told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

Screening and assessment for trauma and violence may help make schools safer, Kingston said.

From The Daily Beast

On Tuesday night, Kingston thanked his supporters for their help and wasted no time firing the first shot at Perdue.

From The Daily Beast

Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.

From Project Gutenberg

The fine old inns that Kingston boasted afford proof of the amount of custom the town enjoyed.

From Project Gutenberg

From Kingston-on-Thames, the perfectly kept road closely follows the river.

From Project Gutenberg

She sent for him to Kingston house and threatened, bribed, argued, and wept for about two hours.

From Project Gutenberg

On February 12, 1768, he was committed for trial at the spring assizes at Kingston, and acquitted in the following March.

From Project Gutenberg