Berkeley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Barclay, Barclift, Barkley

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (English town, barony) /ˈbɑːkli/, (American city) /ˈbɜːkli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝkli/

• Audio (General American):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Berkeley

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. An English barony.
4. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Alameda County, California.
      • 2023 March 1, Aaron Kliegman, “Newsom declares war on environmentalists seeking to halt construction project”, in Fox News‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 April 2023:

        "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."

   2. A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
   3. A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
   4. A suburban city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
   5. A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
   6. A village in the town of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.
   7. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
   8. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
6. The University of California, Berkeley metonym.
7. A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
8. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• berk
• berkelate
• Berkeleian
• Berkeleianism
• Berkeleio-
• Berkeley County
• Berkeley Heights
• Berkeleyism
• Berkeley Road
• Berkeley Springs
• Berkeley Vale
• berkelium

Translations

A city

• Amharic: በርክሌይ (bärkəley)
• Arabic: بِيرْكِيلِي (bīrkīlī), بِيرْكْلِي (bīrklī)
• French: Berkeley (fr)
• Georgian: ბერკლი (ka) (berḳli)
• German: Berkeley (de) n
• Greek: Μπέρκλι (el) (Bérkli)
• Hebrew: ברקלי
• Japanese: バークリー (Bākurī)
• Kannada: ಬಾರ್ಕ್ಲೀ (bārklī)
• Korean: 버클리 (Beokeulli)
• Latin: Berkeleia f
• Telugu: బార్క్లీ (bārklī)

See also

• Barclay
• Berkley