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Berkeley

/ˈbɑːkli/ UK
/ˈbɜːkli/ UK
/ˈbɝkli/ US

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Barclay · Barclift · Barkley

A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
An English barony.
A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).
A city in Alameda County, California. "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.
A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
A suburban city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
A village in the town of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.
An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
The University of California, Berkeley metonym.
A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bishop berkeley, george berkeley, locke, school, secret, professor, uc, california, berkley, uc berkeley, ucb, cal, berkeley california, berkely, stanford, oakland

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name A city

한국어	버클리 Beokeulli
日本語	バークリー Bākurī
Français	Berkeley
Deutsch	Berkeley
Ελληνικά	Μπέρκλι Bérkli
العربية	بِيرْكِيلِي bīrkīlī, بِيرْكْلِي bīrklī
עברית	ברקלי

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{berkeley_2026,
  title = {Berkeley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/berkeley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}