Burgeo

See also: burgeo

English

Etymology

A corruption of Portuguese Mill Virgines (“thousand virgins”), a toponym originally applied to the Burgeo Islands.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɜːɹ.d͡ʒoʊ/
  • Hyphenation: Bur‧geo
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəʊ

Proper noun

Burgeo

  1. A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

References
  1. 1996, William Baillie Hamilton, Place Names of Atlantic Canada, University of Toronto Press, page 156

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