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burg
[
burg
]
Origin
burg
/
bɜrg
/
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[
burg
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
Informal
.
a city or town.
2.
History/Historical
.
a fortified town.
Origin:
1745–55;
variant of
burgh
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burg
(bɜːɡ)
—
n
1.
history
a fortified town
2.
informal
(
US
) a town or city
[C18 (in the sense: fortress): from Old High German
burg
fortified town; see
borough
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
burg
"town or city," 1843, Amer.Eng. colloquial, from many place names ending in -burg (see
borough
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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burg definition
[bɚg]
n.
a small town. (Disdainful.) :
I can't stand another day in this burg.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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