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burgh  (bûrg)

n.

A chartered town or borough in Scotland.

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[Scots, variant of borough.]

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burgh [ˈbʌrə]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Scotland) a town, esp one incorporated by charter, that enjoyed a degree of self-government until the local-government reorganization of 1975

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an archaic form of borough [1]

[Scottish form of borough]

burghal  [ˈbɜːg^əl] adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

burgh - a borough in Scotland borough - an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament

Translations

burgh [ˈbʌrə] N (Scot) → villa f

burgh

n (Scot) → freie Stadt