burg

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
burg

Plural
burgs

burg (plural burgs)

  1. (US) (slang) A city or town
    He left the small burg he grew up in and never looked back.

[edit] Anagrams

  • Anagrams of bgru
  • grub



[edit] Albanian

[edit] Noun

burg m. (plural, burgje)

  1. jail, prison. (brig)

[edit] Old English

[edit] Noun

burg variant spelling of burh.


[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burg-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰərgʰ- (fortified elevation). Cognate with Old English burh.

[edit] Noun

burg

  1. a castle
  2. a city