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Definitions for Berkeley
ˈbɜrk li; for 2,3 also Brit. ˈbɑrk-berke·ley

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeleynoun

    Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)

  2. Berkeleynoun

    a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley

Wiktionary

  1. Berkeleynoun

    from the words beorce léah meaning birch lea.

  2. Berkeleynoun

    transferred from the surname.

  3. Berkeleynoun

    Any of several places, including a city in California.

  4. Berkeleynoun

    The University of California in Berkeley

ChatGPT

  1. berkeley

    Berkeley can refer to multiple entities, including: 1. The University of California, Berkeley: A prestigious public research university located in Berkeley, California and one of the flagship institutions of the University of California system. 2. Berkeley, California: a city on the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California. It is home to the aforementioned UC Berkeley. 3. Berkeley (surname): A surname of English origin, also used as a given name. 4. Earl of Berkeley: A title in Peerage of England; The Berkeley family of England has held this title for a significant period. 5. Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD): A Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group of the University of California, Berkeley. 6. Berkeley (automobile): A former British manufacturer of microcars and sports cars in the 20th century. The meaning is dependent on the context in which it is used.

Wikidata

  1. Berkeley

    Berkeley was one of several ferryboats of the Southern Pacific Railroad that for sixty years operated on San Francisco Bay between the Oakland Pier and the San Francisco Ferry Building. Built in 1898 by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, she served after the 1906 earthquake, ferrying refugees across the bay to Oakland. Berkeley was in regular service from 1898 to the spring of 1958, when she was taken out of service for repairs. She never returned to service, as Southern Pacific decided to end all ferry service on July 29, 1958. Berkeley was put up for sale, and was purchased by the Golden Gate Fishing Company to be used as a whaling processing facility. Before she was put to this use, however, she was sold to ferryboat enthusiast and businessman Bill Conover. Conover had Berkeley docked in Sausalito, a small town on the Bay in Marin County, and converted her into a gift shop called "Trade Fair". However, Berkeley was not well-maintained in her gift shop incarnation and 12 years of serious deterioration took a toll. In 1973, she was sold to the Maritime Museum of San Diego. She was towed out of San Francisco Bay by tug on May 31, 1973 arriving 3 days later in San Diego where she was subsequently restored. She currently serves as the main "building" of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Berkeley

    a town in Gloucestershire, famous for its cattle.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BERKELEY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Berkeley is ranked #20172 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Berkeley surname appeared 1,322 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Berkeley.

    61.8% or 818 total occurrences were White.
    27.7% or 367 total occurrences were Black.
    4.2% or 56 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3.3% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 31 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Berkeley in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Berkeley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Berkeley in a Sentence

  1. President Janet Napolitano:

    We will put a cap on next year's out-of-state enrollment at UCLA and Berkeley, where the demand is highest, at this year’s current level.

  2. Ann Coulter:

    Berkeley, as you know all along, they’ve been changing their position every five minutes, it’s like a game of musical chairs and whenever the music stops the answer is, ‘no, she can’t speak.’ My allies whom I love are on the same side, they ran away, they gave in. And then there was nothing I could do.

  3. Ann Coulter:

    I’m not just some homeless person wondering onto the square, but I’d be allowed to speak then too, they (Berkeley) are really outside the mainstream, they are publicly funded, forget this is where free speech movement started, the amount of money they get from the state and federal government.All of the people who should have been standing up for the First Amendment here, all ran away with their tails tucked between their legs.

  4. Jeremy S. Anderson:

    There are two major products that come out of Berkeley LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.

  5. Sujit Choudhry:

    I will immediately begin a leave of absence as Dean of Berkeley Law, in order to ensure that this lawsuit does not become a distraction for the Law School, the University, and our community.

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