Berkshirenoun
/ˈbɑːk.ʃər//ˈbɜ˞k.ʃɚ/a county in southeastern England, west of London, that was divided into six unitary authorities (= areas with a particular type of local government) in 1998. The county is also known as the Royal County of Berkshire:
He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Reading in Berkshire, England.
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- Last week, police searched their apartment in the village of Colnbrook, Berkshire, near London's Heathrow airport.
- In the old royal county of Berkshire, Paul Bettison, leader of Bracknell Forest district, a new unitary authority, is well on the way to making his council the first electronic borough.
- Reading borough council had in 1998 taken over the responsibilities of the former Berkshire county council.
- The Thames slices through the ridge at Goring Gap, which marks the transition from the wooded valleys of the Chilterns to the more open Berkshire Downs.
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