Meanings
alternative Barclay · alternative Barclift · alternative Barkley
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An English barony.
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Alameda County, California.
1 more example
"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."
2023 March 1, Aaron Kliegman, “Newsom declares war on environmentalists seeking to halt construction project”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023 - A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
- A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
- A suburban city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
- A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
- A village in the town of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.
- The University of California, Berkeley metonym.
- A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
- A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerHǵós
- Proto-Germanic*berkō
- Proto-West Germanic*berku
- Old Englishbeorc
- Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*lówkos
- Proto-Germanic*lauhaz
- Proto-West Germanic*lauh
- Old Englishleah
- EnglishBerkeley
From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).
More words from Old English
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Arabic بِيرْكِيلِي, بِيرْكْلِي
- بِيرْكِيلِي (bīrkīlī)A city
- بِيرْكْلِي (bīrklī)A city
French Berkeley
- BerkeleyA city
German Berkeley
- BerkeleyA city
Greek Μπέρκλι
- Μπέρκλι (Bérkli)A city
Hebrew ברקלי
- ברקליA city
Japanese バークリー
- バークリー (Bākurī)A city
Korean 버클리
- 버클리 (Beokeulli)A city
Latin Berkeleia
- BerkeleiaA city
Cite this entry
Berkeley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Berkeley
“Berkeley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Berkeley. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Berkeley,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Berkeley.
Source: Berkeley on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.