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burgo.

burg (fortified town in medieval Europe)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbuʁ.ɡu/Brazil[ˈbuɦ.ɡu]Brazil/ˈbuɾ.ɡu/São-Paulo/ˈbuʁ.ɡu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. burg (fortified town in medieval Europe)

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese burgo, from Late Latin burgus, from Vulgar Latin *burgus, borrowed from Frankish *burg (“fortified city”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortified city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

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