/ˈbʌɹə/, /ˈbʌɹoʊ/, /bɝɡ/
OriginFrom Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“city, stronghold”).
Cognate with Dutch burg, French bourg, German Burg, Persian برج (borj, “tower; battlement, fort”), Swedish borg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and Bury.
- a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
- UKa borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).
“1815, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book Eighth, The Parsonage, lines 95-104, http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww405.html
With fruitless pains / Might one like me 'now' visit many a tract / Which, in ”
“This road leads to the burgh and castle of Harfang, where dwell the gentle giants.”
- A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
Formsburghs(plural) · de Burgh(alternative) · Burke(alternative) · Bourke(alternative) · Bourg(alternative) · de Bourg(alternative) · Burgo(alternative) · de Burgo(alternative) · de Búrca(alternative)