burgh

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

L'équivalent le plus proche de l'Écosse pré-Union était le Royal Burgh.

Signification (Anglais)

  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).

Concepts

Synonymes

Traductions

κωμόπολη

δήμος

αυτοδιοικούμενη πόλη

municipi

burgh

burgh

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈbʌɹə/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

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