burgh

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

borough

municipality

Translations

κωμόπολη

δήμος

Gemeinde

Stadt

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αυτοδιοικούμενη πόλη

commune

burgh

municipio

gemeenschap

gemeente

municipi

município

vila

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concelho

burgh

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʌɹə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: borwe

Inherited from Old English: burh

Cognate with Dutch: burg

Cognate with French: bourg

Cognate with German: Burg

Cognate with Persian: برج

Cognate with Swedish: 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.

Sentences

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