borgo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian borgo. Doublet of borough.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔː(ɹ)ɡəʊ/

Noun

borgo (plural borgos)

  1. A small Italian village.
    • 2007 January 11, Maureen Orth, “Shopping for a Villa, He Wound Up With a Village”, in New York Times:
      The borgo’s five acres and five dilapidated structures were part of an estate once owned by the Borghese family, and overlooked a valley of hills and vineyards.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin burgus. Doublet of bricco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbor.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -orɡo
  • Hyphenation: bór‧go

Noun

borgo m (plural borghi, diminutive borghétto, pejorative borgàccio)

  1. village, hamlet
  2. district
  3. suburb
  4. borough

Derived terms

Further reading

  • borgo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • borgo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • borgo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • borgo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • bórgo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • bórgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • borgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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