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berkshire
/ˈbɜɹk.ʃəɹ/
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What does berkshire mean?
noun
- A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
- A steam locomotive of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.
proper noun
- An inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- A community in Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A town in Tioga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community and township in Delaware County, Ohio.
- A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɜɹk.ʃəɹ/
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There are Jersey and Holstein cows and Berkshire pigs, and the butter used is made by the most modern process.
Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train together, bound from Reading to the little Berkshire village.
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Many people in Berkshire, Surrey, and Middlesex must have seen the fall of it, and, at most, have thought that another meteorite had descended.
A huge Berkshire sat on his haunches, slowly shaking his head, the water dropping from his eyes, until he, too, rolled over with faint grunts.
On the twenty-eighth day, after a marvelous recovery, she was able to drive to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, a distance of five miles.