Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
Queensland
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Kimberley, Queensland
Kimberley is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kimberley had a population of 28 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the south by the Daintree River and to ...
, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas
South Australia
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County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia
Tasmania
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Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
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Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
Western Australia
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Kimberley (Western Australia)
The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy Desert, Great Sandy and Tanami Desert, Tanami deserts in t ...
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Kimberley Marine Park, a marine protected area
Canada
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Kimberley, British Columbia
Kimberley is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along British Columbia Highway 95A, Highway 95A between the Purcell Mountains, Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley, Northern Cape, Kimberley mine i ...
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New Zealand
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Kimberley, New Zealand
South Africa
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Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal River, Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historica ...
, South Africa
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
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Siege of Kimberley
The siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Northern Cape, Kimberley, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa), when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the South African Republic, Transvaal besieged the diam ...
(1899–1900), event during the Second Boer War
United Kingdom
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Kimberley, Norfolk
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Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe, a parish in Norfolk formerly called just "Kimberley"
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Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
United States
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Kimberly, Arkansas
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Kimberly, Alabama
Kimberly is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,841.
History
The city of Kimberly developed around a stagecoach station built in the 1830s; it remained in service until 1865. At this t ...
, city
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Kimberly Mansion
The Kimberly Mansion is a historic house at 1625 Main Street in Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States. It was the home of Abby Hadassah Smith, Abby and Julia Evelina Smith, political activists involved in causes including Abolitionism in the ...
, a historic house in Connecticut
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Kimberly, Idaho
Kimberly is a city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4,626 at the 2020 census, up from 3,264 in 2010. It is part of the Twin Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Kimberly was founded in 1905. It is named after P ...
, city
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Kimberly, Minnesota
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Kimberly Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
Kimberly Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 195 as of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
History
Kimberly Township was named for Moses C. Kimberly, an official ...
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Kimberly, Missouri, unincorporated community
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Kimberly, Nevada
Kimberly is a ghost town in the state of Nevada. A mining town situated west of Riepetown and east of the former town of Veteran, Kimberly once boasted over 500 inhabitants.
While copper was found in the mountaines near Kimberly in 1877, the t ...
, ghost town
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Kimberly, Oregon
Kimberly is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the intersection of Oregon Route 19 and Oregon Route 402 and the confluence of the John Day and the North Fork John Day rivers.
Kimberly was n ...
, unincorporated community
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Kimberly, Utah
Kimberly is a ghost town in the northwest corner of Piute County, Utah, United States. Located high in Mill Canyon on the side of Gold Mountain in the Tushar Mountains, Kimberly was formerly a gold mining town. Originally settled in the 1890s, ...
, abandoned town
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Kimberly, Fayette County, West Virginia
Kimberly is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Armstrong Creek shortly before it enters the Kanawha River
The Kanawha River ( ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximatel ...
, unincorporated community
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Kimberly, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Kimberly is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. Kimberly is located along County Route 15, off West Virginia Route 7
West Virginia Route 7 is an east–west state highway located in the U.S. ...
, unincorporated community
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Kimberly, Wisconsin
Kimberly is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,320 at the 2020 census. The village is east of Appleton. It is a part of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Kimberly was orig ...
, village
People
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Kimberly (given name)
Kimberly (also Kimberley or Kimberlee) is a unisex given name of Old English origin. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a place in Norfolk, England, popularised the name by giving it to a town in South Africa and a region in Australia. The f ...
(Kimberly and Kimberley)
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Kimberley (surname)
''Kimberley'' is a surname in the English language. A variant form of the surname is ''Kimberly''.
''Kimberley'' is derived from any of several places in England named ''Kimberley''. which cited: for the surnames "Kimberly", "Kimberley". However ...
(Kimberley and Kimberly)
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Earl of Kimberley
Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the prominent Liberal politician John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse. During his long political career, he no ...
, peerage in the United Kingdom
Ships
* , K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
* SAS ''Kimberley'' (M1210), ex–HMS ''Stratton'',
Ton-class minesweeper
The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy. They were intended to meet the threat of seabed naval mine, mines laid i ...
, sold to South Africa in 1959 and renamed ''Kimberley''
* , destroyer (1917–37) of the U.S. Navy
* , destroyer (1942–67) of the U.S. Navy
Sports
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Kimberley de Mar del Plata or Club Atlético Kimberley, a sports club based in Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Kimberley Atlético Club, a sports club based in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kimberley Dynamiters (disambiguation), several Canadian ice hockey teams
Other uses
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Kimberley Declaration, a 2002 statement regarding protection of traditional indigenous knowledge systems
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Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is the process established in 2003 to prevent " conflict diamonds" from entering the mainstream rough diamond market by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/56 following recommendations in ...
, to certify the origin of rough diamonds
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''Kimberley'' (album), by Kimberley Chen, 2012
* "Kimberly", a song by Patti Smith from ''
Horses
The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 milli ...
'', 1975
* Kimberly, a biscuit produced by
Jacob Fruitfield Food Group
See also
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Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational consumer goods and personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimb ...
, U.S. producer of paper-based consumer products
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Duffner and Kimberly, U.S. lamp manufacturers
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