Associations to the word «Berkeley»

Wiktionary

BERKELEY, proper noun. A habitational surname​ from the words beorce léah meaning birch lea.
BERKELEY, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.
BERKELEY, proper noun. Any of several places, including a city in California.
BERKELEY, proper noun. The University of California in Berkeley

Dictionary definition

BERKELEY, noun. Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753).
BERKELEY, noun. A city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.