Definition of Bourg

1. a medieval town [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bourg

bouquetin
bouquetlike
bouquets
bourbon
bourbon cream
bourbon creams
bourbonism
bourbonisms
bourbons
bourd
bourder
bourders
bourdon
bourdons
bourds
bourg (current term)
bourgeois
bourgeoise
bourgeoises
bourgeoisie
bourgeoisies
bourgeoisified
bourgeoisifies
bourgeoisify
bourgeoisifying
bourgeoisness
bourgeon
bourgeoned
bourgeoning

Literary usage of Bourg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1873)
"From Pré St. Didier to bourg JSl. Maurice over the Little SI. Bernard, 8 hrs. , a route preferred by many to that over the Col de la Soigne (p. ..."

2. Southern France, Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"bourg-d'Oisans (p.369) is the starting-point for excursions in the Pelvoux group for those coming from Grenoble, and the rendezvous of those who intend to ..."

3. Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica & St. Lucia Alive! by Lynne M. Sullivan (2000)
"Me Grand-bourg is not the prettiest part of Marie- Galante, but if you look beyond its utilitarian architecture, you'll find a charming town. ..."

4. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet (1853)
"In a short time, the town began to negotiate, and offered to surrender to the duke, in case tine town of Le bourg, to which he intended to lay siege, ..."

5. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight, United States Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1878 (1880)
"THE FIELD OP PETIT-bourg. [ See maji lacing. ... and to describe the implements competing for the special prizes at Petit-bourg (Seine-et-Oise), ..."

6. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"135—Facade of chapel of Brou at bourg. (From photo.) Many buildings begun on a large scale in the thirteenth century and left unfinished through the ..."

7. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"A special confraternity is that founded at bourg in France in 1863, whose members are divided so that each has a particular hour set apart for the adoration ..."

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