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Berkshire

//ˈbɑːk.ʃə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.

    "My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room."

  2. 2
    Numerous places in the United States:; A community in Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  3. 3
    Numerous places in the United States:; A town in Tioga County, New York.
  4. 4
    Numerous places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and township in Delaware County, Ohio.
  5. 5
    Numerous places in the United States:; A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
Noun
  1. 1
    A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
  2. 2
    A steam locomotive of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.

    "Erie, always an interesting road to watch, fortified itself in the late '20's with the largest roster of Berkshires in the land, and these engines were easily able to sustain the road until dieselization …"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English Barrokschire, Berchesire, Barrokshyre, Berrucsire, from Old English Bearrocsċīr. The first element is possibly from Proto-Brythonic *barrọg, perhaps meaning “hilly” (compare *barros (“hill, peak, top”)) + Old English sċīr (“shire, county”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English Barrokschire, Berchesire, Barrokshyre, Berrucsire, from Old English Bearrocsċīr. The first element is possibly from Proto-Brythonic *barrọg, perhaps meaning “hilly” (compare *barros (“hill, peak, top”)) + Old English sċīr (“shire, county”).

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