bourg
Americannoun
plural
bourgs-
a town.
-
a French market town.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bourg
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French ≪ Late Latin burgus < Germanic; see borough
Example Sentences
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From the age of 33, when the Luxem bourg purchased his cityscape La Neige, Artist Henri's reputation vaulted, his tal ent ripened slowly, continuously.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even in the Flemish part, the city has none of that winsome sympathetic air which usually surrounds a quaint mediæval bourg.
From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
Donogoo tonka; ou, Les miracles de la science, suivi de Le bourg regenere, par Jules Romains, pseud. © 5Nov30; AF9958.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
We passed thro' Firenzuola, a long well-built village, or rather bourg, and we brought to the night at Borgo San Donino.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
That village, or bourg, was paved with concave stones.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.
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