Bourgogne

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English

Etymology

From French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy.

Proper noun

Bourgogne

  1. A region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
    Synonym: Burgundy

French

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Bourgogne

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (highlanders), from the name of a Germanic tribe (compare the root of burgh, borough), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (high, mighty), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (high). From the same root is Brie, via Gaulish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buʁ.ɡɔɲ/
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Proper noun

Bourgogne f

  1. Burgundy (a region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
  2. Burgundy (An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)