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burgs

burgs is the plural of burg.

Meaning of burg

Noun

burg (plural burgs)

  1. (Canada, US) A city or town.
    • Tell mother that I will write her in a day or two, probably from Chicago, as I have always had an idea that that was one burg where I could make good.1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012
    1. (Canada, US, Virginia, West, slang) Martinsburg, West Virginia.
  2. (historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe.

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Noun capitalized: Burgs

Burgs

  1. (plural) plural of Burg

Questions about burgs

What is burgs the plural of?
Burgs is the plural of burg.
What part of speech is burgs?
Burgs is a noun.

Words near burgs in the dictionary

  1. burgraves
  2. burgraviate
  3. burgraviates
  4. burgravine
  5. burgravines
  6. burgs
  7. Burgueno
  8. Burguenos
  9. Burgum
  10. Burgundian
  11. Burgundian System

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