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Berks County

Berks County proper noun: one of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Reading.

Proper noun

Berks County

  1. One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Reading.
    • His district — which covers all but seven eastern Lancaster County municipalities along with Reading in Berks County and parts of western Chester County — was reconfigured to to ^([sic]) drop Berks and Chester while expanding to all of Lancaster County and adding southern York County.2018 October 21, Sam Janesch, “Meet Lloyd Smucker: Amish-born congressman seeking a second term on tax cuts and conservative record”, in Lancaster Online, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2022

Origin of Berks County

Named after the short form of Berkshire in England, which also has Reading as its county town.

Questions about Berks County

What does Berks County mean?
Berks County means one of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Reading.
What part of speech is Berks County?
Berks County is a proper noun.

Words near Berks County in the dictionary

  1. Berkovich
  2. Berkoviches
  3. berkowitz
  4. Berkowitzes
  5. berks
  6. Berks County
  7. Berks.
  8. Berkshire
  9. Berkshire County
  10. Berkshire Hathaway
  11. Berkshire Park

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