burg
Americannoun
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Informal. a city or town.
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History/Historical. a fortified town.
noun
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history a fortified town
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informal a town or city
Etymology
Origin of burg
First recorded in 1745–55; variant of burgh
Example Sentences
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But rage spikes in quieter places too, like the Oregon burg where “St. Denis Medical” is set.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026
The town is Maplewood, a quaint commuter burg which is home to a number of New York Times employees and, probably not coincidentally, is the subject of frequent coverage in the New York Times.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023
Calling an Angeleno an Angelino is like calling a New Yorker a “New Yirker,” a denizen of some imaginary burg called New Yirk.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
The former timber and mining burg of Index, roughly 60 miles northeast of Seattle, once welcomed such pass-through traffic along its few unpretentious blocks via a 10-mile winding road from Gold Bar.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022
There they were welcomed again with joy and renewed hope; for now there were men enough to man both the burg and the barrier wall.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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