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Noun
/bərg/,/ˈbərə/,
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burghs, plural;
  1. A borough or chartered town

  1. a borough in Scotland
  2. A Burgh was an corporate entity in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when David I created the first royal burghs. Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United Kingdom. ...
  3. Burgh is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 23 km north of Middelburg.
  4. Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it anchors the 22nd largest urban area in the United States.
  5. a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names); a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland)
  6. A Scottish town that has been granted a Charter by the monarch (a Royal Burgh) or by a noble (a Burgh of Barony). The status formerly gave the town certain legal rights, such as holding town fairs and to have a town council.