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Berkeley
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Barclay Barclift Barkley
Etymology
en :af ang:beorc ang:leah 1
From en ang beorc birch + ang leah meadow, leigh. Equivalent to en birch -leigh -ley en lea.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɑːkli/ English town, barony /ˈbɜːkli/ American city RP
en /ˈbɝkli/ GA
en En-us-Berkeley.ogg GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Berkeley.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en habitational Old English.
en male surnames.
An English barony.
en town/and/cpar with a town council in dist/Stroud co/Gloucestershire cc/England OS grid ref SP6899.Parish map (England)
en number of places c/USA:
en city co/Alameda County s/California. TopoZone: Berkeley, California
en Aaron Kliegman Newsom declares war on environmentalists seeking to halt construction project w:Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-declares-war-environmentalists-seeking-halt-construction-project 2023-03-01 "Our CEQA process is clearly broken when a few wealthy Berkeley homeowners can block desperately needed student housing for years and even decades," Newsom's office said in a statement. "California cannot afford to be held hostage by NIMBYs who weaponize CEQA to block student and affordable housing. This selfish mindset is driving up housing prices, and making our state less affordable." https://web.archive.org/web/20230425113358/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-declares-war-environmentalists-seeking-halt-construction-project
en neighbourhood city/Denver s/Colorado.
en village co/Cook County s/Illinois a suburb of Chicago.
en suburban city co/St. Louis County s/Missouri.
en twp co/Ocean County s/New Jersey.
en village town:pref/Cumberland co/Providence County s/Rhode Island.
en unincorporated community co/Albemarle County s/Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Berkeley County s/West Virginia.
The University of California, Berkeley metonym.
en community twp/Chatsworth co/Grey County p/Ontario c/Canada.
en suburb city/Wollongong s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en berk berkelate Berkeleian Berkeleianism Berkeleio- Berkeley County Berkeley Heights Berkeley Road Berkeley Springs Berkeley Vale Berkeleyism Berkeleyite berkelium Berserkeley
Translations
A city
Amharic: am በርክሌይ
Arabic: ar بِيرْكِيلِي, ar بِيرْكْلِي
French: fr Berkeley
Georgian: ka ბერკლი
German: de Berkeley n
Greek: el Μπέρκλι
Hebrew: he ברקלי
Japanese: ja バークリー Bākurī
Kannada: kn ಬಾರ್ಕ್ಲೀ
Korean: ko ^버클리
Latin: la Berkeleia f
Telugu: te బార్క్లీ
See also
en Barclay
en Berkley
References
en University