Berkeley

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɑːkli//
United Kingdom//ˈbɜːkli//
United States//ˈbɝkli//

A habitational surname from Old English.

proper noun

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A habitational surname from Old English.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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An English barony.
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A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).
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A number of places in the United States: 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. This selfish mindset is driving up housing prices, and making our state less affordable."
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A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
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A number of places in the United States: A suburban city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in the town of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
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The University of California, Berkeley metonym.
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A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
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A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

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

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Berkeley · A habitational surname from Old English.

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