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Kimberley

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Kimberley [ˈkɪmbəlɪ]
n
1. (Placename) a city in central South Africa, in Northern Cape province: besieged (1899-1900) for 126 days during the Boer War; diamond-mining and -marketing centre, with heavy engineering works. Pop.: 170 432 (1996)
2. (Placename) 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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Noun1.KimberleyKimberley - city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)


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There, also, is a deep pit, which, at some time, long-dead men dug out, mayhap for the stones ye speak of, such as I have heard men in Natal tell of at Kimberley.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
Holmes, and it is the only time that ever I knew what love was-- it fairly drove me mad to think that she was in the power of the greatest brute and bully in South Africa--a man whose name is a holy terror from Kimberley to Johannesburg.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
One day beggin', next time shammin' tight, and next one o' them old pals from Kimberley what never come when I'm in.
The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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