bourg
noun
a town.
bourgs
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pluralof bourg.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Barony of Les Baux consisted of seventy-nine towns or bourgs, which formed the territory called La Baussenique.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
A score or more of villages, or bourgs, before 1860, were between the limits of these two barriers, but were at that time united by the loi d’annexion, and so “Greater Paris” came into being.
From Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
It is necessary to carry your own pillows with you; in some inns they have them; but in villages, bourgs, &c. none are to be had.
From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 by Philip Thicknesse
Descending to the valley, we followed its course toward the Rhone with the ruins of feudal "bourgs" crowning the crags above us.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
Descending to the valley, we followed its course towards the Rhone, with the ruins of feudal bourgs crowning the crags above us.
From Views a-foot by Bayard Taylor
