Meanings
proper noun
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5192).
Kendal Town Council is looking to replace Richard Matthews who held the role for 14 years and retired in June.
2026 September 20, Billy Hotchkiss, Jason Arunn Murugesu, “Town seeks crier to continue 450-year tradition”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2026, retrieved 20 Sep 2026 - A small town in Manchester parish, central Jamaica.
- A habitational surname from Old English, also as a variant of Kendall.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant
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Origin
- Old EnglishCent
- EnglishKendal
From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".
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APA
Kendal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kendal
MLA
“Kendal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kendal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kendal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kendal.
Source: Kendal on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.