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burghal

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burgh

  [burg; Scot. buhr-oh, buhr-uh]
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–noun
1. (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
2. Archaic. borough.
Origin:
1350–1400; late ME (Scots); see borough; cf. broch

Related forms:
burgh⋅al  [bur-guhl] , adjective
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