Bourgogne

Meaning

Burgundy (a region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/buʁ.ɡɔɲ/

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from the name of a Germanic tribe (compare the root of burgh, borough), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). From the same root is Brie, via Gaulish.

Sentences

La porte de Bourgogne a disparu mais pas le corps de garde attenant .

The Burgundy Gate has disappeared but not the adjoining guardhouse.

Hmbert est originaire de Bresse, d'une famille seigneuriale liée à la Bourgogne .

Hmbert comes from Bresse, from a seigneurial family linked to Burgundy.