berkeley

Berke-ley · proper noun

imported

Definitions

proper noun

  1. 1.

    A city in California, home to the University of California, Berkeley.

  2. 2.

    A surname of English origin.

  3. 3.

    Various other places named after the Berkeley family.

Related words

See also: california

Etymology

From Old English beorc ("birch tree") + lēah ("woodland, clearing"), meaning "birch wood" or "clearing with birch trees."