burgh

American

[burg, buhr-oh, buhr-uh] / bɜrg, ˈbʌr oʊ, ˈbʌr ə /

noun

(in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
Archaic. borough.

burgh British

/ ˈbɜːɡəl, ˈbʌrə /

noun

(in Scotland) a town, esp one incorporated by charter, that enjoyed a degree of self-government until the local-government reorganization of 1975
an archaic form of borough

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Derived Forms

burghal

adjective

Etymology

Origin of burgh

1350–1400; late Middle English (Scots); see borough; cf. broch

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BRUGH, BURGH, s. a borough; a circular encampment; the hazy circle round the moon.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

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