Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, on Lake Ontario near the head of the St. Lawrence River. The present city was founded by Loyalists in 1783 on the site of Fort Frontenac, a crucial defense point in the French and Indian Wars. It was the capital of Canada from 1841 to 1844. Population: 117,000.
- The capital of Jamaica, in the southeast part of the island on the Caribbean Sea. It was founded c. 1692 and became the capital in 1872. Population: 579,000.
- Kingston, Maxine Hong Born 1940. American writer noted for incorporating her Chinese-American background into her writings. Her best known works include The Woman Warrior (1976) and China Men (1980).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The angel-fish or monk-fish, Squatina vulgaris, one of the elas-mobranchiate fishes found on the coasts of Great Britain.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under angel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. capital and largest city of Jamaica
- n. a town on the Hudson River in New York
- n. a town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River
Examples
“KINGSTON: Running battles between Jamaican authorities and drug gang members turned part of Kingston into a warzone on Monday, with death toll rising to at least three as gunmen fired on security forces hunting an alleged drug kingpin.”
“KINGSTON (Reuters) - Alleged drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was arrested by police on the outskirts of Kingston on Tuesday, peacefully ending a manhunt for the fugitive at the center of last month's deadly raids in the Jamaican capital.”
“KINGSTON - When the Gherity family purchased 15 acres of farmland outside Kingston in 1973, there were just three trees on the property.”
“KINGSTON (AFP) - Slum dwellers in Kingston are seething with anger at Jamaica's security forces 'house-to-house searches for a powerful druglord, with the death toll rising but no trace of the operation's target.”
“The new Kingston SSDNow V+ is an ideal solid-state drive for high-level consumers and in corporate environments where efficiency and performance are important as more system resources are in use," said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston®.”
“KINGSTON - Two Luzerne County men were charged Sunday in connection with the knifepoint robbery of a Kingston convenience store the previous night.”
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Here We Have Idaho
A list of places and names in the northwestern state of Idaho. Please add your favorites.
Here We Have Idaho is the title of the state song.
Boise, Kuna, Meridian, Idaho Falls, Burley, Pocatello, Ririe, Blackfoot, Nampa, Parma, Paris, Montpelier and 195 more...
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rastafari
dem woodz assoseeated wit da reegae mon..
( Reggae, Rastafari, Rasta, Jamaica, Zion, Haile Selassie, Africa, Caribbean )
( slang, randomness )Rastafari, puff, Jah, reggae, Haile Selassie, Jamaica, Kingston, Caribbean, Dominican, Zion, Africa, cannabis and 81 more...
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