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bourg
[ boorg; French boor ]
noun
, plural bourgs [b, oo, rgz, boo, r].
- a town.
- a French market town.
bourg
/ bʊəɡ; bur /
noun
- a French market town, esp one beside a castle
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bourg1
C15: French, from Old French borc , from Late Latin burgus castle, of Germanic origin; see borough
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Example Sentences
My father used to sell old nails at the corner of a boundary stone in the Bourg-Saint-Andeol.
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The woman ran out into the Bourg, calling loudly that the Count was slain.
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At break of day next morning a cold, heavy mist hung low over Bruges, and in the Bourg everything was shrouded in darkness.
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The Bourg is empty and dark, steeped in black shadows at the door of the chapel where the relic has been laid to rest.
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The villagers bound and dragged him to the nearest guardhouse at Bourg-la-Reine.
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