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Berkeley.

A habitational surname from Old English.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɑːkli/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɜːkli/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɝkli/General-American

  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: A city in Alameda County, California.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A suburban city in St. Louis County, Missouri.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A village in the town of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.

  11. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.

  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.

  13. The University of California, Berkeley metonym.

  14. A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

  15. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Where this word comes from

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

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