Kingston

Kingston

Kingston is widely accepted as a contraction of the English "King's Town", of which there are many examples. It may refer to:

Places

Australia

*Kingston, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra
*Kingston, Norfolk Island, capital of the territory
*Kingston, Queensland, suburb of Logan City
*Kingston SE, South Australia
*Kingston-On-Murray, South Australia
*Kingston, Tasmania, town south of Hobart
*Kingston, Victoria, town near Creswick
*City of Kingston, Victoria, suburb of Melbourne
*City of Kingston, local government area
*Division of Kingston, federal electoral district

Canada

*Kingston, New Brunswick
*Kingston, Nova Scotia
*Kingston, Ontario

Jamaica

*Kingston, Jamaica, the capital of Jamaica

New Zealand

*Kingston, New Zealand, a small town at the southernmost end of Lake Wakatipu

United Kingdom

England

*Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
*Kingston upon Thames, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
*Kingston by Ferring, West Sussex
*Kingston by Sea, West Sussex
*Kingston near Lewes, East Sussex
*Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire
*Kingston, Cambridgeshire
*Kingston, Devon
*Kingston, Isle of Wight
*Kingston, Kent
*Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire
*Kingston, Purbeck, Dorset

cotland

*Kingston, East Lothian
*Kingston, Moray

United States

*Kingston, California
*Kingston, Georgia
*Kingston, Illinois
*Kingston, Louisiana
*Kingston, Massachusetts
*Kingston, Michigan
*Kingston, Missouri
*Kingston, New Hampshire
*Kingston, New Jersey
*Kingston, New York
*Kingston, Ohio
*Kingston, Oklahoma
*Kingston, Pennsylvania
*Kingston, Rhode Island
*Kingston, Tennessee
*Kingston, Texas
*Kingston, Utah
*Kingston, Washington

People

*Alex Kingston , English actress
*Charles Cameron Kingston, Australian politician
*Jack Kingston, American politician
*Kofi Kingston, ring name of Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, Ghanaian professional wrestler.
*Maxine Hong Kingston, Chinese-American author
*Sean Kingston, Jamaican hip hop artist
*Wendy Kingston, Australian newsreader for Nine News
*William Kingston

Others

*HMS "Kingston", several ships of the British Royal Navy
*Kingston Clan or The Latter-day Church of Christ, polygamist group in Utah, U.S.
*Kingston Communications, a UK telecommunications provider
*Kingston (horse) (1884–1912), American racehorse
*Kingston Technology, a US maker of memory products
*The Kingston Trio, 1960s American folk-revival band

ee also

*Kingstone, Somerset
*Kingston Bridge (disambiguation)
*Kington (disambiguation)
*Kingstown (disambiguation)
*Kinston (disambiguation)
*Sabina Park, cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica.


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