name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/bɜːɡ/
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General-American:/bɝɡ/
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
homophone: burg
homophone: burgh (one pronunciation)
CMU ARPABET:B ER1 G
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A place name, notably of:
A former duchy and later grand duchy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Western Germany).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
A place name, notably of:
A municipality of Troms, Norway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A place name, notably of:
A municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from German common in the US, associated with German or Scandinavian ancestry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
An iceberg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A mountain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Meaning 7
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: iceberg
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: floater, ice mass
Narrower terms: growler
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noun
Meaning 8
Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Alban Berg
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: composer
History
Etymology
From German Berg or Swedish berg, either term meaning hill or mountain.
Clipping of iceberg.
Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.