Definitions for BURG
bɜrgburg

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burgnoun

   colloquial American term for a town

   "I've lived in this burg all my life"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. burgnoun

   A city or town.

2. burgnoun

   A fortified town in medieval Europe.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Burgnoun

2. Burrow, Berg, Burg, Burghnoun

   Etymology: derived from the Saxon burg, byrg , a city, tower, or castle. Edmund Gibson Camden.

   1.A corporate town, that is not a city, but such as sends burgesses to the parliament. All places that, in former days, were called borough, were such as were fenced or fortified. John Cowell

   King of England shalt thou be proclaim’d
   In ev’ry burrow, as we pass along. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.

   Possession of land was the original right of election among the commons; and burrows were entitled to sit, as they were possessed of certain tracts. William Temple.

   2. The holes made in the ground by conies.

   When they shall see his crest up again, and the man in blood, they will out of their burrows, like conies after rain, and revel all with him. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Burgnoun

   a fortified town

2. Burgnoun

   a borough

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1. Burg

   Burg is an Amt in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Brandenburg, Germany. Its seat is in Burg. The Amt Burg consists of the following municipalities: ⁕Briesen ⁕Burg ⁕Dissen-Striesow ⁕Guhrow ⁕Schmogrow-Fehrow ⁕Werben

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burg

   [the Anglo-Saxon burh]. A word connected with fortification in German, as in almost all the Teutonic languages of Europe. In Arabic the same term, with the alteration of a letter, burj, signifies primarily a bastion, and by extension any fortified place on a rising ground. This meaning has been retained by all northern nations who have borrowed the word; and we, with the rest, name our towns, once fortified, burghs or boroughs.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BURG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Burg is ranked #6846 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Burg surname appeared 4,919 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Burg.
   
   94.6% or 4,655 total occurrences were White.
   1.7% or 86 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 83 total occurrences were Black.
   0.9% or 48 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 40 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.1% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. • Town

Anagrams for BURG »

1. grub

How to pronounce BURG?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BURG in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BURG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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