Berwick-upon-Tweed
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English bere (“barley”) + wīc (“settlement”) + name of river.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, and the northernmost town in England (OS grid ref NT9953). [1]
- A former local government district in Northumberland, England, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Northumberland unitary authority.
Descendants
- → Welsh: Berwig ar Dwid
Translations
town
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