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King’s College

King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: college of the University of Cambridge
  • Also known as: “King’s College (University of Cambridge)”, “King’s College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge”, “King’s College, Cambridge”, and “University of Cambridge King’s College”
  • Address: Cambridge, CB2 1ST
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity College and Clare College.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. is situated 1,000 feet north of King’s College.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after . is situated 470 feet northwest of King’s College.

Church
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King's College Chapel is the of King's College in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. is situated 440 feet northeast of King’s College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Cambridge Castle.

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is a university city in in . It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.

Locality
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, locally also known as Castle Mound, is located in , , England. Originally built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy, the First and Second Barons' Wars.

Suburb
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is a suburb and electoral ward in , England. As of the 2021 UK census, the ward had a population of 11,374.

King’s College

Latitude
52.20415° or 52° 12′ 15″ north
Longitude
0.11489° or 0° 6′ 54″ east
Operator
King’s College (University of Cambridge)
Open location code
9F426437+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 164848644
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q924289
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“King’s College” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلية الملك في كامبريدج”
  • Arabic: “كلية الملك”
  • Arabic: “كلية كينغ”
  • Armenian: “Արքայական քոլեջ”
  • Armenian: “Թագավորական քոլեջ, Քեմբրիջ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kembric Kinqs Kolleci”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kral kolleci”
  • Bashkir: “Кембридж университетының Король колледжы”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі каледж, Кембрыдж”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі коледж (Кембрыдж)”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі коледж Кембрыджу”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі коледж”
  • Bulgarian: “Кингс Колидж”
  • Burmese: “ဘုရင့်ကောလိပ်၊ ကိန်းဘရစ်ခ်ျ”
  • Catalan: “King’s College, Cambridge”
  • Catalan: “King’s College”
  • Chinese: “剑桥大学国王学院”
  • Chinese: “劍橋大學國王學院”
  • Chinese: “劍橋大學英皇學院”
  • Cornish: “Kolji an Myghtern”
  • Czech: “King’s College”
  • Danish: “King’s College, Cambridge”
  • Danish: “King’s College”
  • Dutch: “King’s College (Cambridge)”
  • Dutch: “King’s College”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كينجز كوليدچ كامبريدج”
  • Esperanto: “King’s College”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Kolegio”
  • Finnish: “King’s College”
  • French: “King’s College”
  • Galician: “King’s College”
  • Georgian: “სამეფო კოლეჯი”
  • German: “King’s College Cambridge”
  • German: “King’s College”
  • Greek: “Βασιλικό Κολέγιο του Κέιμπριτζ”
  • Hebrew: “קינגס קולג‘”
  • Hebrew: “קינגס קולג’”
  • Hungarian: “King’s College”
  • Indonesian: “King’s College, Cambridge”
  • Irish: “Coláiste an Rí, Cambridge”
  • Italian: “King’s College”
  • Japanese: “キングス・カレッジ”
  • Korean: “킹스 칼리지”
  • Latin: “Collegium Regale beatae Mariae et sancti Nicholai Cantebrigiae”
  • Latin: “Collegium Regale”
  • Latin: “Regium Collegium Cantabrigiense”
  • Luxembourgish: “King’s College”
  • Manx: “Colaashtey yn Ree”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “King’s College”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kings College”
  • Norwegian: “King’s College”
  • Ossetian: “Къароладон колледж”
  • Persian: “کالج کینگ، کمبریج”
  • Polish: “King’s College”
  • Portuguese: “King’s College”
  • Russian: “Кингс-Колледж”
  • Russian: “Королевский колледж (Кембридж)”
  • Russian: “Королевский колледж Кембриджского университета”
  • Russian: “Королевский колледж”
  • Scots: “King’s College”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Colaiste an Rìgh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “King’s College”
  • Slovenian: “King’s College”
  • Spanish: “King’s College de Cambridge”
  • Spanish: “King’s College”
  • Swedish: “King’s College, Cambridge”
  • Tatar: “Кембриҗ кыйрал көллияте”
  • Turkish: “King’s College, Cambridge”
  • Turkish: “King’s College”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівський коледж Кембриджа”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівський коледж, Кембрідж”
  • Urdu: “کنگز کالج، کیمبرج”
  • Urdu: “کنگز”
  • Welsh: “Coleg y Brenin, Caergrawnt”
  • Welsh: “Coleg y Brenin”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنگز کالج، کیمبرج”

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