Bourg's

bourg

[boorg; French boor]
noun, plural bourgs [boorgz; French boor] .
1.
a town.
2.
a French market town.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-FrenchLate Latin burgus < Germanic; see borough

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bourg (bʊəɡ, French bur) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a French market town, esp one beside a castle
 
[C15: French, from Old French borc, from Late Latin burgus castle, of Germanic origin; see borough]

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