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Goldberg

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A German surname common in the United States, also the name of a town in Germany.
"Whoopi Goldberg is a well-known American actress."

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Goldbergs plural

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Etymology

From German Gold ("gold") and Berg ("mountain"); one of the ornamental surnames Jews were required to adopt in 18th- and 19th-century Germany.

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