Berwick-upon-Tweed

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953).

OriginOld English bere →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative dated Berwick-on-Tweed

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishbere“barley”
  2. EnglishBerwick-upon-Tweed

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

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Translations

Japanese ベリック・アポン・ツイード
  • ベリック・アポン・ツイード (Berikku apon Tsuīdo)town
Welsh Caerferwig
  • Caerferwigtown
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APA

Berwick-upon-Tweed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Berwick-upon-Tweed

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Chicago

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