Kimberley
/ˈkɪmbəlɪ/1
- a city in South Africa, in the province of Northern Cape; pop. 183,000 (est. 2009). It has been a diamond-mining centre since the early 1870s.金伯利(南非城市, 位于北开普省境内; 2009年估计人口183,000, 19世纪70年代以来一直是钻石采矿中心)。[named after the 1st Earl of Kimberley, a British Colonial Secretary.]
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- (亦作the Kimberleys)a plateau region in the far north of Western Australia. It was the scene of a gold rush in 1885.金伯利(西澳大利亚远北方高原地区, 为采矿和养牛地区, 1885年曾出现淘金热)。