Berkeley
ber·ke·ley
noun
1.
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
2.
a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley
Origin
From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).
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