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Berkeley

/ˈbɑːkli/ · name

Meaning

  1. An English barony.
  2. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
  7. A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
  8. A city in Alameda County, California.

Etymology / origin

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

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