Kingstown

English

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.

Proper noun

Kingstown

  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. (historical) 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.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪŋkstau̯n]

Proper noun

Kingstown m inan (related adjective kingstownský)

  1. Kingstown (the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Declension
Declension of Kingstown (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Kingstown
genitive Kingstownu
dative Kingstownu
accusative Kingstown
vocative Kingstowne
locative Kingstownu
instrumental Kingstownem

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kingstown.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkiŋ.kstawn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -iŋkstawn
  • Syllabification: King‧stown

Proper noun

Kingstown n (indeclinable)

  1. Kingstown (the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkĩ.ɡu.is.ta.ũ/ [ˈkĩ.ɡʊ.is.ta.ũ], /ˈkĩ.ɡis.ta.ũ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkĩ.ɡu.iʃ.ta.ũ/ [ˈkĩ.ɡʊ.iʃ.ta.ũ], /ˈkĩ.ɡiʃ.ta.ũ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkĩ.ɡiʃ.tɐ.un/

Proper noun

Kingstown f

  1. Kingstown (the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkinstaun/ [ˈkĩns.t̪ãũn]
  • Rhymes: -instaun

Proper noun

Kingstown ?

  1. Kingstown (the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
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