Kenilworth

K5E1N1I1L1W4O1R1T1H4

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2971).

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative obsolete Kenelworth

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2971).
  2. A place in Canada:
    1. A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.
    2. A community in Wellington North township, Wellington County, Ontario.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois.
    2. A borough in Union County, New Jersey.
    3. A census-designated place in North Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    4. A census-designated place in Carbon County, Utah.
    5. A neighbourhood in north-east Washington, D.C..
  4. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
  5. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  6. A rural town in Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Origin

From Old English feminine personal name Cynehild (“royal battle”), genitive singular Cynehilde + worþ (“enclosure”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Kenilworth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenilworth

MLA

“Kenilworth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenilworth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kenilworth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenilworth.

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