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-burgh

suffix

Etymology

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of -borough and -bury.

  1. inherited from burh

Definitions

  1. Place name suffix, indicating the site of a fortified place.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA