burgh

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɹə/

The English word “burgh” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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).

Etymology

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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