Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Canada, US)A city or town.

    colloquial American term for a town

  2. A city or town.

    (Canada, US, Virginia, West, slang)Martinsburg, West Virginia.

  3. (historical)A fortified town in medieval Europe.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. It's a small burg.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *

The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”). Doublet of borough, Brough, burgh, burh, and bury. Also compare burgess.

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Forms

plural: burgs
Singularburg
Pluralburgs

regular

Word family

6 related words
Relatedburgageburgeryburgherburgomasterburgrave
Derivedburgish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bureauB1bureaucracyB2bureaucratbureaucraticC1burgeonburgerA1burglarB1
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