"Livingstone" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Livingstone
  1. A Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston. Categories (topical): Individuals
    Sense id: en-Livingstone-en-name-jXADce8f Disambiguation of Individuals: 55 23 15 7 Categories (other): English surnames
  2. 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.
    Sense id: en-Livingstone-en-name-qJMiep1B
  3. A city in Southern Province, Zambia, named after David Livingstone. Categories (place): Cities in Zambia, Places in Zambia
    Sense id: en-Livingstone-en-name-Cb~h1O7c
  4. The Shire of Livingstone, a local government area in central Queensland, Australia. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Queensland
    Sense id: en-Livingstone-en-name-lbzkBOyH Categories (other): Local government areas of Australia
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Livingstone Falls

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