Berkshire

From Middle English Berchesire, Barrokshyre, Berrucsire, from Old English Bearrocscire, Berrocscire, Bearrucscire, taken from the Bearroc woods, possibly from Proto-Brythonic *barrọg, perhaps meaning “hilly” + Old English scir (“shire, county”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːkʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɚkʃɚ/

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Berkshire

1. An inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A community in Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
   2. A town in Tioga County, New York.
   3. An unincorporated community and township in Delaware County, Ohio.
   4. A town in Franklin County, Vermont.

• Berks
• Brks.

• Berkshire Hathaway
• Berkshire County (US)
• West Berkshire

Berkshire (plural Berkshires)

1. A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
2. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:

     Erie, always an interesting road to watch, fortified itself in the late '20's with the largest roster of Berkshires in the land, and these engines were easily able to sustain the road until dieselization …