# Kingstown

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #73,347

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
2. A rural village in Uralla Shire, New England region, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
4. The former name of Dún Laoghaire, a suburban coastal town in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland, after it was renamed from Dunleary.
5. A census-designated place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States.
6. A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States.
7. A northern suburb of Carlisle, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, partly in Kingmoor parish, and previously in City of Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3959).

## Etymology
From king's + town, in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. Doublet of Kingston, Kingstone, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kingstown