Kimberley

Kimberley
Kimberley South African city, founded 1871; also region in northwest Australia; both named for John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, who was British secretary of state for the colonies; the earldom is from a place in Norfolk, England (the name alsi is found in Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire). The second element is O.E. leah "meadow, clearing in a woodland" (see LEA (Cf. lea)), the first reflect various O.E. personal names; the one in Norfolk appears first as Chineburlai (1086) and seems to be "clearing of a woman called Cyneburg."

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  • Kimberley —   [ kɪmbəli], Hauptstadt der Provinz Nord Kap, nahe der Ostgrenze der Republik Südafrika, 1 198 m über dem Meeresspiegel, 167 000 Einwohner; anglikanischer und katholischer Bischofssitz; mehrere Museen; Flugplatz.   Geschichte …   Universal-Lexikon

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