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Esperanto
Etymology
From English burg, Latin burgus.
Pronunciation
Noun
burgo (accusative singular burgon, plural burgoj, accusative plural burgojn)
- castle, fortress; city, town
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese burgo (“borough”), from Late Latin burgus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“hill-fort”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).
Pronunciation
Noun
burgo m (plural burgos)
- borough, neighborhood
- (historical) during the 12th century, newly founded town to which a bill of rights was awarded
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin brūchus, from Ancient Greek βροῦκος (broûkos).
Pronunciation
Noun
burgo m (plural burgos)
- grub, caterpillar, especially of the cabbage butterfly
- Synonym: eiruga
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “burgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “burgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “burgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “burgo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “burgo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English borough, burgh, French bourg, Italian borgo, Spanish burgo.
Noun
burgo (plural burgi)
- borough, burgh, market town
Derived terms
Latin
Noun
burgō
- dative/ablative singular of burgus
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese burgo, from Late Latin burgus, from Vulgar Latin *burgus, borrowed from Frankish *burg (“fortified city”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortified city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).
Pronunciation
Noun
burgo m (plural burgos)
- (historical) burg (fortified town in medieval Europe)
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg (“fortified city”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortified city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɾɡo/
- Rhymes: -uɾɡo
- Syllabification: bur‧go
Noun
burgo m (plural burgos)
- burg
- city
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