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burg.

A city or town.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɜːɡ/Received-Pronunciation/bɝɡ/General-American
  1. A city or town.

    Canada · US
  2. A city or town. Martinsburg, West Virginia.

    Canada · US · Virginia · West · slang
  3. A fortified town in medieval Europe.

    historical
Where this word comes from

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. The modern sense may have been formed in part by analogy with the many North American city names that are suffixed with -burg (a number of which in the Eastern United States once used -burgh instead. See burgh), as well as being formed in part due to German Burg.

noun/bɜːɡ/Received-Pronunciation/bɝɡ/General-American
  1. Clipping of burger.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · slang
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