Berkeley

/ˈbɑːkli/name
High School
1

A habitational surname from Old English.

2

A male given name transferred from the surname.

3

An English barony.

4

A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).

5

A city in Alameda County, California.

6

A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.

7

A village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

8

A suburban city in St. Louis County, Missouri.

9

A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.

10

A village in Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

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Consonance

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