burgh

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

borough

municipality

Vertalings

κωμόπολη

δήμος

Gemeinde

Stadt

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αυτοδιοικούμενη πόλη

commune

burgh

municipio

gemeenschap

gemeente

municipi

município

vila

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concelho

burgh

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbʌɹə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: borwe

Geërf van Old English: burh

Verwante met Nederlands: burg

Verwante met Frans: bourg

Verwante met Duits: Burg

Verwante met Persies: برج

Verwante met Sweeds: borg

In summary

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

Sinne

The nearest equivalent in pre-Union Scotland was the royal burgh .