Bourgogne
See also: bourgogne
English
Etymology
French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy.
Proper noun
Bourgogne
- A former région of France; since 2016, part of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Synonyms
French
Etymology
From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from the name of a Germanic tribe (compare the root of burgh, borough), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). From the same root is Brie, via Gaulish.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bourgogne f
- Burgundy (region)
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ-
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- en:Regions of France
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ-
- French terms inherited from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Germanic languages
- French 2-syllable words
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- fr:Regions of France