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Berwick^¹

/ˈbɛɹɪk/ UK
/ˈbɝ.wɪk/ US

Rhymes with -ɛɹɪk

Where it comes from

For places in England and Scotland (e.g. North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from -wick.

Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed.

The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness.

proper noun

abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Berwick-upon-Tweed: a town in Northumberland, England. For quotations using this term, see Citations:Berwick.
An unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Kansas.
A town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
A town and census-designated place in York County, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Newton County, Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
A residential neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
A populated place in McHenry County, North Dakota.
A borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
A rural community of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada. (historical), Curries Corner (historical), Davisons Corner (historical)
Similar: Congdon Settlement
A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5105).
A hamlet in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5580).
A farming community in Clutha district, Otago, New Zealand.
A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Casey, Victoria, Australia, named after Berwick upon Tweed.
A surname.

berwick^²

noun berwicks

alternative Alternative form of berewick

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tweed, woodbridge, barrington, darby, whitfield, newington, williamstown, harrington, bangor, blackwood, wakefield, brockway, burnett, bradshaw, buckland, moreland

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@misc{berwick_2026,
  title = {berwick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/berwick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}