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borg.

a fortified castle (or city)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɔrj/

  1. a fortified castle (or city)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish borgh (“fortress, city”), from Old Norse borg (also "bulwark", "wall'), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Akin to English borough, burgh, Old Irish bri (hence the name Birgitta).

noun

  1. a borg

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from English, from cyborg.

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