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Berkshire

/ˈbɑːk.ʃə/ · name

Meaning

  1. An inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
  2. Numerous places in the United States:
  3. A community in Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  4. A town in Tioga County, New York.
  5. An unincorporated community and township in Delaware County, Ohio.
  6. A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
  7. A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
  8. A steam locomotive of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English Barrokschire, Berchesire, Barrokshyre, Berrucsire, from Old English Bearrocsċīr. The first element is possibly from Proto-Brythonic *barrọg, perhaps meaning “hilly” (compare *barros (“hill, peak, top”)) + Old English sċīr (“shire, county”).

  1. Bearrocsċīr(ang)→
  2. Barrokschire(Middle English)→
  3. Berkshire (English)
  4. Relations: inh, inh

Related words

Barrokschire(Middle English)Bearrocsċīr(ang)

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