Berkeley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. An English barony.
  4. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A city in Alameda County, California.
  7. A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
  8. A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
  9. A suburban city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  10. A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
  11. A village in Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.
  12. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑːkli/ /ˈbɜːkli/ /ˈbɝkli/ En-us-Berkeley.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Berkeley.wav

Word forms

Berkeley Barclay Barclift Barkley

Etymology

From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).

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