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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley