Kinghorn, a royal burgh of Fife, on the Firth of Forth, 3 miles S. of Kirkcaldy by rail. It has shipbuilding-yards, a bleachfield, manufactures of flax and glue, and golf links. Alexander III. was killed (1286) at Kinghorn Ness, and a monument was erected on the spot in 1887. Pop. 2036.
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