burgh
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of burgh
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
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noun
- a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
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(UK)a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).
“This road leads to the burgh and castle of Harfang, where dwell the gentle giants.”
name
- A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
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Etymology
From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“city, stronghold”). Cf. Strasbourg. 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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