Definition of burg in English:

burg

noun bəːɡbərɡ

1An ancient or medieval fortress or walled town.
Example sentencesExamples
- Archeologists & geologists now believe the ancient burgs of Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed by earthquake-induced fires - and not, as science has long held, by the wrath of an angry god.
- The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) terms burg, burh, and byrig were used originally for fortified places, including villages and royal halls.
- Gathering the reins in his hands, he led the two horses and Kate out of the burg.
- Kate looked once more at the dead soldiers, at the burg wall beyond, and sorrowfully turned to follow.
2North American informal A town or city.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Condit Country’ is a bad enough slogan for this agribusiness burg, yet, not satisfied with it, the city boosters have also erected an arch across the main street.
- More likely it was a case of misplaced scorn for the saccharine melodies that overwhelmed the odes to left-coast burgs Santa Cruz, Big Sur and Hollywood.
- For the trouble of saving your life, he sets you up in an abandoned warehouse in a seedy burg known as Carcer City.
- From Shreveport to Ferriday and all points in between, along the backwater burgs and the big city haunts, the myth of the Big Easy is examined in this exhaustive overview.
- ‘Early on, I tried to cater it to the Canadian scene and I really couldn't do it,’ says Smith, on the phone from his home in Dunnville, Ont., a small burg near Lake Erie.
- By the time he left Philadelphia in late 2001 for the struggling industrial burg of Burlington City, N.J., he'd built himself a legacy.
- He was a jet plane touching down in every city and burg from here to Harrisburg, carrying the message of the greatness of Napa Valley wine.
- Toronto has passed a pesticide ban, hot on the heels of more progressive burgs.
- You hear quickly that Gordon, born in California and now a citizen of the world, remembers fondly the place where he grew up - Pittsboro, a small burg just west of Indianapolis.
- In a bizarre and questionably legal move prior to the city's mega-merger, a bunch of outgoing Côte-St-Luc city councillors bade adieu to their burg by naming their city's parks after themselves.
- Finding every fall in this area would take a lifetime, so concentrate on Marquette County and the delightful burg of Big Bay.
- As the sun glanced through my window, I realized my sense of well-being is definitely engendered by the presence of 3 Rogers and Hammerstein productions in our fair burg.
- Can't help wondering what Kal-El would say about the presence of a gambling den in his fair burg - seems like something more appropriate to Gotham City.
- How do you rustle up some fast cash for your troubled burg?
- About a dozen baseball-themed museums beckon visitors to big-league cities and out-of-the-way burgs.
- Apparently, folks from the local dirt farms are disappearing, and the brackish burg has already seen its quota of alien abductions for the year.
- But almost any small burg that sprang up along a stream in Alabama soon had a working grist mill capable of milling the non-glutinous corn.
- For two hours or so, 17-year-olds become as important as city council members in burgs like Mechanicsburg, Pa.
- Deriding the little burg as ‘Lobster Town’ or calling someone an idiot is as rebellious as anyone gets.
- After another leg, we stopped in Alexander City, Ala., a tiny burg about 70 miles east of Birmingham.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from late Latin burgus (see burgess). sense 2 is from German Burg 'castle, city'.

Rhymes

Berg, erg, exergue

Definition of burg in US English:

burg

nounbərɡbərɡ

1An ancient or medieval fortress or walled town.
Example sentencesExamples
- Kate looked once more at the dead soldiers, at the burg wall beyond, and sorrowfully turned to follow.
- Archeologists & geologists now believe the ancient burgs of Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed by earthquake-induced fires - and not, as science has long held, by the wrath of an angry god.
- Gathering the reins in his hands, he led the two horses and Kate out of the burg.
- The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) terms burg, burh, and byrig were used originally for fortified places, including villages and royal halls.
1. 1.1North American informal A town or city.
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the sun glanced through my window, I realized my sense of well-being is definitely engendered by the presence of 3 Rogers and Hammerstein productions in our fair burg.
  For two hours or so, 17-year-olds become as important as city council members in burgs like Mechanicsburg, Pa.
  For the trouble of saving your life, he sets you up in an abandoned warehouse in a seedy burg known as Carcer City.
  After another leg, we stopped in Alexander City, Ala., a tiny burg about 70 miles east of Birmingham.
  Finding every fall in this area would take a lifetime, so concentrate on Marquette County and the delightful burg of Big Bay.
  How do you rustle up some fast cash for your troubled burg?
  Deriding the little burg as ‘Lobster Town’ or calling someone an idiot is as rebellious as anyone gets.
  Can't help wondering what Kal-El would say about the presence of a gambling den in his fair burg - seems like something more appropriate to Gotham City.
  ‘Early on, I tried to cater it to the Canadian scene and I really couldn't do it,’ says Smith, on the phone from his home in Dunnville, Ont., a small burg near Lake Erie.
  Apparently, folks from the local dirt farms are disappearing, and the brackish burg has already seen its quota of alien abductions for the year.
  But almost any small burg that sprang up along a stream in Alabama soon had a working grist mill capable of milling the non-glutinous corn.
  He was a jet plane touching down in every city and burg from here to Harrisburg, carrying the message of the greatness of Napa Valley wine.
  More likely it was a case of misplaced scorn for the saccharine melodies that overwhelmed the odes to left-coast burgs Santa Cruz, Big Sur and Hollywood.
  About a dozen baseball-themed museums beckon visitors to big-league cities and out-of-the-way burgs.
  Toronto has passed a pesticide ban, hot on the heels of more progressive burgs.
  From Shreveport to Ferriday and all points in between, along the backwater burgs and the big city haunts, the myth of the Big Easy is examined in this exhaustive overview.
  ‘Condit Country’ is a bad enough slogan for this agribusiness burg, yet, not satisfied with it, the city boosters have also erected an arch across the main street.
  You hear quickly that Gordon, born in California and now a citizen of the world, remembers fondly the place where he grew up - Pittsboro, a small burg just west of Indianapolis.
  By the time he left Philadelphia in late 2001 for the struggling industrial burg of Burlington City, N.J., he'd built himself a legacy.
  In a bizarre and questionably legal move prior to the city's mega-merger, a bunch of outgoing Côte-St-Luc city councillors bade adieu to their burg by naming their city's parks after themselves.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from late Latin burgus (see burgess). burg (sense 2 of the noun) is from German Burg ‘castle, city’.

单词	burg
释义	Definition of burg in English: burg noun bəːɡbərɡ 1An ancient or medieval fortress or walled town. Example sentencesExamples Archeologists & geologists now believe the ancient burgs of Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed by earthquake-induced fires - and not, as science has long held, by the wrath of an angry god. The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) terms burg, burh, and byrig were used originally for fortified places, including villages and royal halls. Gathering the reins in his hands, he led the two horses and Kate out of the burg. Kate looked once more at the dead soldiers, at the burg wall beyond, and sorrowfully turned to follow. 2North American informal A town or city. Example sentencesExamples ‘Condit Country’ is a bad enough slogan for this agribusiness burg, yet, not satisfied with it, the city boosters have also erected an arch across the main street. More likely it was a case of misplaced scorn for the saccharine melodies that overwhelmed the odes to left-coast burgs Santa Cruz, Big Sur and Hollywood. For the trouble of saving your life, he sets you up in an abandoned warehouse in a seedy burg known as Carcer City. From Shreveport to Ferriday and all points in between, along the backwater burgs and the big city haunts, the myth of the Big Easy is examined in this exhaustive overview. ‘Early on, I tried to cater it to the Canadian scene and I really couldn't do it,’ says Smith, on the phone from his home in Dunnville, Ont., a small burg near Lake Erie. By the time he left Philadelphia in late 2001 for the struggling industrial burg of Burlington City, N.J., he'd built himself a legacy. He was a jet plane touching down in every city and burg from here to Harrisburg, carrying the message of the greatness of Napa Valley wine. Toronto has passed a pesticide ban, hot on the heels of more progressive burgs. You hear quickly that Gordon, born in California and now a citizen of the world, remembers fondly the place where he grew up - Pittsboro, a small burg just west of Indianapolis. In a bizarre and questionably legal move prior to the city's mega-merger, a bunch of outgoing Côte-St-Luc city councillors bade adieu to their burg by naming their city's parks after themselves. Finding every fall in this area would take a lifetime, so concentrate on Marquette County and the delightful burg of Big Bay. As the sun glanced through my window, I realized my sense of well-being is definitely engendered by the presence of 3 Rogers and Hammerstein productions in our fair burg. Can't help wondering what Kal-El would say about the presence of a gambling den in his fair burg - seems like something more appropriate to Gotham City. How do you rustle up some fast cash for your troubled burg? About a dozen baseball-themed museums beckon visitors to big-league cities and out-of-the-way burgs. Apparently, folks from the local dirt farms are disappearing, and the brackish burg has already seen its quota of alien abductions for the year. But almost any small burg that sprang up along a stream in Alabama soon had a working grist mill capable of milling the non-glutinous corn. For two hours or so, 17-year-olds become as important as city council members in burgs like Mechanicsburg, Pa. Deriding the little burg as ‘Lobster Town’ or calling someone an idiot is as rebellious as anyone gets. After another leg, we stopped in Alexander City, Ala., a tiny burg about 70 miles east of Birmingham. Origin Mid 18th century: from late Latin burgus (see burgess). sense 2 is from German Burg 'castle, city'. Rhymes Berg, erg, exergue Definition of burg in US English: burg nounbərɡbərɡ 1An ancient or medieval fortress or walled town. Example sentencesExamples Kate looked once more at the dead soldiers, at the burg wall beyond, and sorrowfully turned to follow. Archeologists & geologists now believe the ancient burgs of Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed by earthquake-induced fires - and not, as science has long held, by the wrath of an angry god. Gathering the reins in his hands, he led the two horses and Kate out of the burg. The Old English (Anglo-Saxon) terms burg, burh, and byrig were used originally for fortified places, including villages and royal halls. 1.1North American informal A town or city. Example sentencesExamples As the sun glanced through my window, I realized my sense of well-being is definitely engendered by the presence of 3 Rogers and Hammerstein productions in our fair burg. For two hours or so, 17-year-olds become as important as city council members in burgs like Mechanicsburg, Pa. For the trouble of saving your life, he sets you up in an abandoned warehouse in a seedy burg known as Carcer City. After another leg, we stopped in Alexander City, Ala., a tiny burg about 70 miles east of Birmingham. Finding every fall in this area would take a lifetime, so concentrate on Marquette County and the delightful burg of Big Bay. How do you rustle up some fast cash for your troubled burg? Deriding the little burg as ‘Lobster Town’ or calling someone an idiot is as rebellious as anyone gets. Can't help wondering what Kal-El would say about the presence of a gambling den in his fair burg - seems like something more appropriate to Gotham City. ‘Early on, I tried to cater it to the Canadian scene and I really couldn't do it,’ says Smith, on the phone from his home in Dunnville, Ont., a small burg near Lake Erie. Apparently, folks from the local dirt farms are disappearing, and the brackish burg has already seen its quota of alien abductions for the year. But almost any small burg that sprang up along a stream in Alabama soon had a working grist mill capable of milling the non-glutinous corn. He was a jet plane touching down in every city and burg from here to Harrisburg, carrying the message of the greatness of Napa Valley wine. More likely it was a case of misplaced scorn for the saccharine melodies that overwhelmed the odes to left-coast burgs Santa Cruz, Big Sur and Hollywood. About a dozen baseball-themed museums beckon visitors to big-league cities and out-of-the-way burgs. Toronto has passed a pesticide ban, hot on the heels of more progressive burgs. From Shreveport to Ferriday and all points in between, along the backwater burgs and the big city haunts, the myth of the Big Easy is examined in this exhaustive overview. ‘Condit Country’ is a bad enough slogan for this agribusiness burg, yet, not satisfied with it, the city boosters have also erected an arch across the main street. You hear quickly that Gordon, born in California and now a citizen of the world, remembers fondly the place where he grew up - Pittsboro, a small burg just west of Indianapolis. By the time he left Philadelphia in late 2001 for the struggling industrial burg of Burlington City, N.J., he'd built himself a legacy. In a bizarre and questionably legal move prior to the city's mega-merger, a bunch of outgoing Côte-St-Luc city councillors bade adieu to their burg by naming their city's parks after themselves. Origin Mid 18th century: from late Latin burgus (see burgess). burg (sense 2 of the noun) is from German Burg ‘castle, city’.
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