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Added 9 October 2026

burgh

/ˈbʌɹə/ noun

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A small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
A borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).

Origin

From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“city, stronghold”). Cf. Strasbourg. Cognate with Dutch burg, French bourg, German Burg, Persian برج (borj, “tower; battlement, fort”), Swedish borg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and Bury.

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