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Burgos

American  
[boor-gaws] / ˈbur gɔs /

noun

  1. a city in N Spain: Gothic cathedral.


Burgos British  
/ ˈbɜːɡɒs /

noun

  1. a city in N Spain, in Old Castile: cathedral. Pop: 169 317 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Burgos then looked up the woman’s driver’s license picture on the DMV database, which several officers told internal affairs probably violated department policy, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

I preferred the big cities—Pamplona, Logroño, Burgos, León—where I could limp into the town square and reward myself with museums, cathedrals, mushroom pinxtos or paella that could feed 35 people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Julie who travelled with her family from Brest, France, to the Spanish city of Burgos, said she was "very excited".

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The northern city of Burgos, for example, will be plunged into darkness for exactly one minute and 48 seconds.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

During my three years at Julia de Burgos, I had more fights than Sapo.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

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