n.

1. Informal. A city or town: “There are no more opportunities for you in this burg” (Damon Runyon).
2. A fortified or walled town in early or medieval Europe.

[Probably from -burg in place names such as HARRISBURG, from Middle English burgh, town, from Old English burg. Sense 2, ultimately from Germanic *burgs, hill fort.]

noun

A large and important town: city, metropolis, municipality. Informal town. See urban/rural.

IN BRIEF: n. - Colloquial American term for a town.

Tutor's tip: A "berg" is an iceberg, a "burg" is a fortified or walled town, and a "burgh" is a town in Scotland.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - by

Nederlands (Dutch)
vesting, stad/dorp

Français (French)
n. - bastille, forteresse, (US) patelin (péj)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (befestigte) Stadt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ) κώμη, πολίχνη

Italiano (Italian)
abitato, rocca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fortaleza (f), burgo (m), cidade (f) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
провинциальный городишко

Español (Spanish)
n. - fortaleza, alcázar, burgo, villa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (små)stad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
村, 城, 镇

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 村, 城, 鎮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도시, 성시

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 城市, 都市, 町

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدينه محصنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עיר‬

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