* The North Carolina General Assembly changes the name of Kingston, North Carolina, originally named for King George III of Great Britain, to Kinston.

Based at the school of the same name on the Kingston Road, the centre's revamp has included a cv suite, spinning studio and dedicated free weights room.

* Kingston, Ontario, largest city of this name in Canada

* Kofi Kingston, ring name of Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, Ghanaian professional wrestler.

Kingston got its name from King George of England.

The spelling was probably derived from the spelling of King Edward's Christian ( first ) name as shown on the plinth of the Kingston coronation stone, which had been re-erected in the town in 1850.

# In the event of default in the appointment of a new trustee by the surviving trustee, the " Trustees " hereby delegate and appoint the Governors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston, Ontario, to name two Canadian trustees to carry on under the terms of the original trust, and in conformity with this Agreement.

This agreement was amended on November 22, 1961, substituting the Governors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston, Ontario with the Committee of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario as the group that would name the two Canadian trustees, if need be.

* Coronation Stone-Situated outside The Guildhall in Kingston, this ancient rock was the crowning point of some of England's early kings and is what gives Kingston its name

Chauncey and Kingston formed a municipal government in 1866 which selected the name " Chauncey ".

The name was shortened to " Kingston " in 1788.

The term " Cataraqui ", from the original native name for Kingston, today refers to an area around the intersection of Princess Street and Sydenham Road where a village that later took the name was located.

The " Beekman " name became attached to the area in 1697, from Henry Beekman, a Kingston native, who had numerous land stakes in Dutchess County.

In 1877, the firm's name was changed to Kingston Coal Company.

It was originally going to be called Kingston Township, for the Kingston House what was in English Center, but the name was changed to Pine in recognition of the vast stands of pine trees that covered much of the township.

The County's name was changed to Horry ( pronounced OR-ee ) in honor of General Peter Horry in 1801, and a courthouse was established in Kingston.

The name of the town was changed from Kingston to Clawson in his honor.

When she began kindergarten in Kingston, Rhode Island, Lahiri's teacher decided to call her by her pet name, Jhumpa, because it was easier to pronounce than her " proper names ".

The defenses had been strengthened, a fort was built at Cataraqui ( now Kingston, Ontario ), bearing the governors name, and conditions of peace had been fairly maintained between the Iroquois on the one hand and the French and their allies, the Ottawas and the Hurons, on the other.

One of New Zealand's most famous preserved trains is the Kingston Flyer, which takes its name from a passenger express that once ran between Kingston and Gore.

The town's name rhymes with the placename Cataraqui, which appears in the Cataraqui River, the Little Cataraqui Creek, and the Cataraqui Cemetery in nearby Kingston, Ontario.

Lionel also uses the brand name on its American Flyer products, along with the old Gilbert catchphrase, " Developed at the Gilbert Hall of Science ", on its product packaging.

In 1908, Edmonds-Metzel adopted the American Flyer brand name for the trains, and by 1910, Edmonds-Metzel was out of the hardware business and changed its name to American Flyer Manufacturing Company.

Coleman sold American ( Chicago ) Flyer to Alfred Carlton Gilbert, a former Olympic pole vaulter who first made a name for himself in the toy industry earlier in the century when he created and manufactured Mysto Magic sets for youthful magicians.

In May 1967, Lionel Corporation announced it had purchased the American Flyer name and tooling even though it was teetering on the brink of financial failure itself.

In 1979, General Mills ' Lionel division started to reissue Flyer products under that name employing a mix of previously unused railroad heralds and traditional Gilbert American Flyer designs.

The American Flyer brand name survives today under the guidance of Lionel, LLC, although Lionel's advertising and marketing emphasis seems to remain locked on promoting its own O and O27 gauge product lines.

Utilizing all new tooling and issued under the American Flyer name, the Mike is the first original American Flyer steam locomotive design since the late 1950s.

MDK first used the K-Line name on a line of aftermarket Lionel-compatible tubular track as well as a copy of the A. C. Gilbert American Flyer line of two-rail S-Gauge track which Maury Klein acquired at Gilbert's demise.

Modeling in S gauge increased in the 1930s-1940's when CD Models marketed 3 / 16 " model train sets under the name American Flyer Trains.

Lionel re-introduced S gauge trains and accessories under the American Flyer name in 1979.

In 1987, Radio Steel changed its name to Radio Flyer after its popular flagship little red wagon.

Lionel bought the American Flyer brand name and product line in May of that year in a $ 150, 000 deal ; however, Lionel lacked the money to exploit them, and filed bankruptcy less than four months later, on August 7, 1967.

* Flyer, another name for a flying buttress

The company changed its name in 1916 to the National Motor and Vehicle Company, and in 1922 became, along with Dixie Flyer and Jackson, part of the Associated Motor Industries group.

That girl last night, what was her name??

For a blood-chilling ring of terror to the very sound of his name was the tool he needed for the job he'd promised to do.

No man's name brought more cheers when it was announced in a rodeo.

My lovely caller -- Joyce Holland was her name -- had previously done three filmed commercials for zing, and this evening, the fourth, a super production, had been filmed at the home of Louis Thor.

Her name was L'Turu and she told me many things.

Bill Doolin's ambition, it appeared, was to carve out his name with bullets alongside those of Jesse James and Billy the Kid, and Bill Tilghman had sworn he would stop him.

Miss Langford ( her first name was Evelyn ) was an attractive girl.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

Neither was Henrietta hoydenish like Jo, who frankly wished she were a boy and had deliberately shortened her name, which, like Henrietta's, was the feminine form of a boy's name.

But neither was Lilian her baptismal name.

Though she did not then know its name, this strange new fruit was a banana.

It seems to me now, in a long backward glance, that many of the Hetman's conceits and odd actions -- together with his grim posture when brandishing the hatchet in the name of Mr. Hearst -- were keyed with the tragedy which was to close over him one day.

An accompanying sympathetic letter explained that inside the envelope was a name for Mrs. Coolidge's first granddaughter.

The name inside the envelope was `` Cynthia ''.

Her name was Esther Peter.

Pike was stunned by the first blast against his character, which was published in the March 4th issue of The Gazette under the name `` Vale ''.

Under Fosdick the first executive officer of the CTCA was Richard Byrd, whose name in later years was to become synonymous with activities at the polar antipodes.

I had had my name taken out of the telephone book, and this was partly because of a convict who had been discharged from Sing Sing and who called me night after night.