Kimberley

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Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:

Places

• Australia
  • Kimberley (Western Australia), region
  • Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
• Canada
  • Kimberley, British Columbia, small city
• South Africa
  • Kimberley, Northern Cape, diamond mining city
• United Kingdom
  • Kimberley, Norfolk, town
  • Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, town
• United States
  • Kimberly, Arkansas, town
  • Kimberly, Alabama, town
  • Kimberly, Idaho, city
  • Kimberly Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota
  • Kimberly, Oregon, unincorporated community
  • Kimberly, Utah, ghost town
  • Kimberly, Fayette County, West Virginia, unincorporated community
  • Kimberly, Monongalia County, West Virginia, unincorporated community
  • Kimberly, Wisconsin, village

People

• Earl of Kimberley, U.K. peerage created in 1866
• Kimberly (given name), also covers people named Kimberley
• surname:
  • Barry Kimberley, Australian rules footballer
  • Kayton Kimberly, businessman and author of Repossess Your Life!
  • Lewis Kimberly, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy during the American Civil War

Warships

• HMS Kimberley (F50), K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
• USS Kimberly (DD-80), destroyer (1917–37)
• USS Kimberly (DD-521), destroyer (1942–67)

Other

• Siege of Kimberley (1899–1900) during the Second Boer War
• Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, to certify the origin of rough diamonds
• Kimberly Mansion, Connecticut, a historic house in Glastonbury
• "Kimberly", track on Horses (album) (1975) by Patti Smith

[edit] See also

• Kimberly-Clark, U.S. producer of paper-based consumer products
• Duffner and Kimberly, New York lamp manufacturers
• The Kimberly Trip, pop band from Sacramento, California
• Kimberly Slang, a rarely used slang term from Canada that is used to express pain or discomfort, usually on your bottom

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