burgh

Meaning

Noun

• 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).

Origin

• From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz ("city, stronghold").
• Cognate with Dutch burg, French bourg, German Burg, Persian برج ("tower; battlement, fort"), Swedish borg. borough, and Brough.