BERKELEY


Meaning of BERKELEY in English

I. Berke ‧ ley /ˈbɜːkli $ ˈbɜːr-/ BrE AmE

a city on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay area in California. In the 1960s, many students who studied at the University of California in Berkeley protested against the Vietnam War. Now the people who live and study there are generally considered to be intelligent and not to have traditional values about society.

II. Berkeley, Busby BrE AmE

(1895–1976) a US ↑ choreographer (=someone whose job is to arrange the movements in a dance) who directed the dancing in many films in the 1930s. He is known for his impressive and imaginative style of dances, which were performed by groups of young women. The dancers made complicated patterns and were often filmed from above.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.