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bourg.

burg, market town

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/buʁ/
  1. burg, market town

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French bourg, from Old French borc, burg, a borrowing from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Cognate with English borough and burg.

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