Berwick-upon-Tweed

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

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From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“settlement”) + name of river.

proper noun Berwick-on-Tweed

A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953).
A former local government district in Northumberland, England, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Northumberland unitary authority.

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日本語	ベリック・アポン・ツイード Berikku apon Tsuīdo

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@misc{berwick_upon_tweed_2026,
  title = {Berwick-upon-Tweed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/berwick-upon-tweed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}