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name
A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Sussex
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noun
a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
a borough in Scotland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: borough
History
From the Anglo-Norman word burgh.
From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“city, stronghold”). Cf. Strasbourg. Cognate with Dutch burg, French bourg, German Burg, Persian برج (borj, “tower; battlement, fort”), Swedish borg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and Bury.
Across languages
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