Berwick-upon-Tweed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953).
  2. A former local government district in Northumberland, England, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Northumberland unitary authority.

Pronunciation

En-uk-Berwick-upon-Tweed.ogg

Word forms

Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-on-Tweed

Etymology

From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“settlement”) + name of river.

Related words

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