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Berwick-upon-Tweed

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Etymology

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From Old English bere (barley) + wīc (settlement) + name of river.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953). [1]
  2. A former local government district in Northumberland, England, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Northumberland unitary authority.

Descendants

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  • Welsh: Berwig ar Dwid

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