Date
Type Settlement
Usage German, English, French, Polish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish
Pronounced Pron. /bɛɐ̯.ˈliːn/(German) /bəɹ.ˈlɪn/(American English) /bə.ˈlɪn/(British English) /bɛʁ.lɛ̃/(French) /ˈbɛr.lin/(Polish, Hungarian)
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as BERLİN in uppercase and berlin in lowercase.
Meaning & History
City in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning "swamp".