burg

[burg]

noun

1. Informal.,  a city or town.

2. History/Historical.,  a fortified town.

burg

/ bɜːɡ /

noun

1. history a fortified town

2. informal,  a town or city

Word History and Origins

Origin of burg¹

First recorded in 1745–55; variant of burgh

Word History and Origins

Origin of burg¹

C18 (in the sense: fortress): from Old High German burg fortified town; see _borough

Example Sentences

But the Los Angeles County burg is also likely to be the last — for now.

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It was the stand-in for a Midwestern town in Tom Hanks’ “That Thing You Do” and for a southern burg in “Big Mama’s House,” among many others.

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His band rolled into the lakefront burg of Manitowoc, Wis., the heart of Green Bay Packers country, on a night in 1972 when the Packers were facing off against the Detroit Lions.

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Most of the burg’s 200 houses were half submerged by slowly rising floodwaters.

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Surrounding me would be the natural denizens of Martini Town, if such a burg existed, all eager to savor the lot’s first Hallmark Fan Experience.

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