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burg

  [burg]
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–noun
1. Informal. a city or town.
2. History/Historical. a fortified town.
Origin:
1745–55; var. of burgh
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burg   (bûrg)   
n.  

  1. Informal A city or town: "There are no more opportunities for you in this burg" (Damon Runyon).

  2. 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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