Berwick
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of berewick alt-of, alternative
- 1 Any of various places, including:; Ellipsis of Berwick-upon-Tweed: a town in Northumberland, England. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:Berwick."
- 2 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois.
- 3 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa.
- 4 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Kansas.
- 5 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
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- 6 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place in York County, Maine.
- 7 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Newton County, Missouri.
- 8 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
- 9 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A residential neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
- 10 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A populated place in McHenry County, North Dakota.
- 11 Any of various places, including:; A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
- 12 Any of various places, including:; A rural community of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- 13 Any of various places, including:; A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
"(historical), Curries Corner (historical), Davisons Corner (historical)"
- 14 Any of various places, including:; A village and civil parish in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5105).
- 15 Any of various places, including:; A hamlet in Almondsbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST5580).
- 16 Any of various places, including:; A farming community in Clutha district, Otago, New Zealand.
- 17 Any of various places, including:; A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Casey, Victoria, Australia, named after Berwick upon Tweed.
- 18 A surname.
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More examples"There are many towns and villages in England with names ending in -wick, such as Warwick, Gatwick, Keswick, Berwick, and Longwick, among many others."
Etymology
For places in England and Scotland (e.g. North Berwick), from Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English wīc (“settlement”). For the Scottish name, there is the possibility that the second element instead derives from a different word, for which see -wick. Places outside England and Scotland are generally named, possibly indirectly, after places in England, including Berwick-upon-Tweed. The town in Nova Scotia is named after the town in Maine. The name was chosen by a local resident who had travelled through the community in Maine and was impressed by its neatness.
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