berkshire

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A inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Wiltshire

a county in the south of England. Geographic county, southern England. It occupies the river valleys of the middle Thames and its tributary, the Kennet, immediately west of London. Settlement of the area dates from the Iron Age, and the Belgic site at Silchester later became a Roman route centre. With the Norman Conquest the Thames valley's strategic importance was recognized, and the first Windsor Castle was built. Windsor and Eton, on Berkshire's eastern boundary, contain the county's most noted structures. With its seat at Reading, it was an administrative county from 1974 to 1998

{i} Royal Berkshire, county in southern England

a county in southern England

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Berkshire Hathaway

{i} American corporation headquartered in Nebraska, holding company which operates several insurance companies and retail chains

Berkshire Hills

Segment of the Appalachian Mtns. , western Massachusetts. Many of its summits exceed 2,000 ft (600 m), including Mount Greylock (3,491 ft, or 1,064 m), the highest point in the state. The wooded hills are a continuation of the Green Mtns. of Vermont; they include the Hoosac and Taconic ranges. Crossed by the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Berkshires contain state parks and forests and are the home of the Tanglewood summer music festival (in Lenox)

berkshires

a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area

Расстановка переносов

Berk·shire

Турецкое произношение

bırkşır

Произношение

/ˈbərksʜər/ /ˈbɜrkʃɜr/