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

capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Arabic: كِينْغْسْتَاوُن m (kīnḡstāwun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金斯敦 (zh) (Jīnsīdūn)

• Czech: Kingstown m
• Dutch: Kingstown n
• Esperanto: Kingstaŭno (eo)
• French: Kingstown (fr) f
• Georgian: კინგსტაუნი (ḳingsṭauni)
• Greek: Κίνγκσταουν (el) (Kíngkstaoun)
• Hindi: किंग्सटाउन (kiṅgsaṭāun)
• Japanese: キングスタウン (ja) (Kingusutaun)
• Korean: 킹스타운 (kingseutaun)
• Marathi: किंग्सटाउन n (kiṅgsaṭāun)
• Persian: کینگزتاون (kingstâun)
• Polish: Kingstown (pl) n
• Portuguese: Kingstown f
• Russian: Кингста́ун (ru) m (Kingstáun)
• Scots: Kingstown, Kingstoun
• Spanish: Kingstown (es)
• Thai: คิงส์ทาวน์ (king-taao)
• Ukrainian: Кінгста́ун m (Kinhstáun)

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/

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• Rhymes: -iŋkstawn
• Syllabification: King‧stown

Proper noun

Kingstown n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

• Kingstown in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.ɡu.is.ta.ũ/ [ˈkĩ.ɡʊ.is.ta.ũ], /ˈkĩ.ɡis.ta.ũ/

• (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)