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).

Concepten

gemeenschap

gemeente

Synoniemen

borough

municipality

Vertalingen

κωμόπολη

δήμος

Gemeinde

Stadt

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αυτοδιοικούμενη πόλη

commune

burgh

municipio

municipi

município

vila

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concelho

burgh

municipio

burgh

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbʌɹə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: borwe

Overgenomen van Oudengels: burh

Verwant aan Nederlands: burg

Verwant aan Frans: bourg

Verwant aan Duits: Burg

Verwant aan Perzisch: برج

Verwant aan Zweeds: 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.

Zinnen

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

Het dichtstbijzijnde equivalent in Schotland pre-Union was de Royal Burgh.