noun
burg
BURG/bɜːrɡ/
A town or city, often small or ordinary.
The little burg has one diner and a railway station.
Etymology
The town-name ending -burg became a stand-alone, colloquial word for a town or city. Its historical family connects towns with fortified settlements, though the modern use simply names a place informally.
In context
after a long eventful day in the burg what better place to end the day than where they serve the best milkshakes in town
More examples
- He left his quiet burg for a job in the capital.
- We stopped overnight in an unfamiliar burg.
- Every burg along the route seemed to have a summer festival.
Forms
burg · burgs
Similar words
- town
- The ordinary neutral term, while burg is informal and sometimes dismissive.