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burg

–noun

1.	Informal. a city or town.

2.	History/Historical. a fortified town.

[Origin: 1745–55; var. of burgh

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n.

Informal A city or town: "There are no more opportunities for you in this burg" (Damon Runyon).
A fortified or walled town in early or medieval Europe.

[Probably from -burg in place names such as HARRISBURG, from Middle English burgh, town, from Old English burg. Sense 2, ultimately from Germanic *burgs, hill fort; see bhergh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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"town or city," 1843, Amer.Eng. colloquial, from many place names ending in -burg (see borough).

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noun
colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"

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Bel"fry\, n. [OE. berfray movable tower used in sieges, OF. berfreit, berfroit, F. beffroi, fr. MHG. bervrit, bercvrit, G. bergfriede, fr. MHG. bergen to protect (G. bergen to conceal) + vride peace, protection, G. friede peace; in compounds often taken in the sense of security, or place of security; orig. therefore a place affording security. G. friede is akin to E. free. See Burg, and Free.]

1. (Mil. Antiq.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

2. A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.

3. A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.

4. (Naut.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.

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