Livingstone

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proper noun

A Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston.

    David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer; he discovered the Zambezi River (1851) and Victoria Falls (1855); Henry M. Stanley found him in Tanzania (1871), and together they attempted to find the source of the Nile.

  2. A city in Southern Province, Zambia, named after David Livingstone.
  3. A local government area in central Queensland, Australia; in full, the Shire of Livingstone.
  4. A place in New Zealand:
    1. A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato.
    2. A rural locality in Manawatū-Whanganui
    3. A settlement in the Waitaki District, Canterbury, previously in Otago.
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APA

Livingstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Livingstone

MLA

“Livingstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Livingstone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Livingstone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Livingstone.

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