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Berkshire en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /-ˌʃɪəɹ/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈbɜɹk.ʃəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑːk.ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-ˌʃɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɑɹk-/ (General-American)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
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 … 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:

Forms

Translations (1)

pl berkszyr (Berkshire pig)

Berkshire en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /-ˌʃɪəɹ/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈbɜɹk.ʃəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈbɑːk.ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-ˌʃɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɑɹk-/ (General-American)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

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. 2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 66:
2. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A community in Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
3. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A town in Tioga County, New York.
4. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and township in Delaware County, Ohio.
5. Numerous places in the United States: ▸ A town in Franklin County, Vermont.

Forms

Deriveds

West Berkshire · East Berkshire · Berkshire Hathaway · Berkshire County · Berkshire Park

Translations (15)

kn ಬಾರ್ಕ್ಷಿರ್ (inland county in England) · hi बार्क्षिर (inland county in England) · cs Berkshire (inland county in England) · fr Berkshire (inland county in England) · el Μπέρκσαϊρ (inland county in England) · sco Berkshire (inland county in England) · gu બાર્ક્ષિર (inland county in England) · ka ბერქშირი (inland county in England) · ru Беркшир (inland county in England) · uk Беркшир (inland county in England) · enm Barrokschire (inland county in England) · te బార్క్షిర్ (inland county in England) · fr Berkshire (inland county in England) · es Berkshire (inland county in England) · pl Berkshire (inland county in England)