Berwick-upon-Tweed

English

Alternative forms

• Berwick-on-Tweed (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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).
2. 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

• Japanese: ベリック・アポン・ツイード (Berikku apon Tsuīdo)
• Marathi: बेरिक-अपॉन-ट्वीड n (berik-apŏn-ṭvīḍ)
• Welsh: Caerferwig

See also

• North Berwick