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Burg
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- 1 Burgundy wine. countable, uncountable
"Many 2006 Burgundy reds are drinking well now, the better 2007s, especially Chambolles, have been beautiful for a while, and the 2008s could be left alone for a year or so to resolve their tannins. I find many 2011 and 2012 Burgs seductive, and irresistible, just bursting with fruit."
- 2 A city or town. Canada, US
"Tell mother that I will write her in a day or two, probably from Chicago, as I have always had an idea that that was one burg where I could make good."
- 3 burger slang
"I hate this emptiness and the redundancy of eating burgs at Burger Town."
- 4 colloquial American term for a town wordnet
- 5 A fortified town in medieval Europe. historical
Etymology
Clipping of Burgundy.
The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”). Doublet of borough, Brough, burgh, burh, and bury. Also compare burgess. The modern sense may have been formed in part by analogy with the many North American city names that are suffixed with -burg (a number of which in the Eastern United States once used -burgh instead. See burgh), as well as being formed in part due to German Burg.
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