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Berkeley

[ burk-lee; British bahrk-lee ]

noun

  1. ܲ· [buhz, -bee], William Berkeley Enos, 1895–1976, U.S. choreographer and musical-film director.
  2. George, 1685?–1753, Irish bishop and philosopher.
  3. Sir William, 1610–77, British colonial governor of Virginia 1642–76.
  4. a city in western California, on San Francisco Bay.
  5. a city in eastern Missouri, near St. Louis.
  6. Also Barclay. a first name.


Berkeley

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/ ˈɜːɪ /

noun

  1. a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Berkeley

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/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. ˈɜːɪ BerkeleyBusby18951976MUSDANCE: dance director Busby . real name William Berkeley Enos . 1895–1976, US dance director, noted esp for his elaborate choreography in film musicals
  2. ˈɑːɪ BerkeleyGeorge16851753MIrishPHILOSOPHY: philosopherRELIGION: clergyman George . 1685–1753, Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop, whose system of subjective idealism was expounded in his works A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713). He also wrote Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709)
  3. ˈɑːɪ BerkeleySir Lennox (Randal Francis)19031989MBritishMUSIC: composer Sir Lennox ( Randal Francis ). 1903–89, British composer; his works include four symphonies, four operas, and the Serenade for Strings (1939)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Berkeley

  1. City in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay .
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Notes

Berkeley is the location of a distinguished branch of the University of California. The University of California at Berkeley has been a center for student activism and social-change movements, particularly in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, a former Bush administration attorney, said the Guantanamo prisoners were not brought into the United States.

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She’s championed policies that targeted racism, sexism, poverty and labor exploitation, values that stemmed from her experience as a Black Panther activist and her educational training at Mills College and UC Berkeley.

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Berkeley — It’s astonishing what a good director can do.

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A worst-case tsunami could bring flooding to sizable areas of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda, up to 18 feet above sea level.

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UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said the school has “an unwavering commitment to having a campus free of discrimination. We will respond to any complaints or allegations through the process prescribed by the DOE.”

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