Definition of Borgo

1. Noun. A small Italian village ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Borgo

1. a market-town [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Borgo

borer
borer bomb
borers
bores
borescope
borescopes
boresight
boresighting
boresights
boresome
boresomeness
borewell
borewells
borganism
borganisms
borgo (current term)
borgos
borian
boric
boric acid
boric acids
boric oxide
borickite
borickites
boride
borides
boriding
borinate
boring
boring clam

Literary usage of Borgo

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

1. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1883)
"Perilous Condition of II borgo.—Constancy of La Valette. 1565. THE strength of the order was now concentrated on the two narrow slips of land which run out ..."

2. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1851)
"C. Lord Castlereagh to Lord Cathcart. Foreign Office, January 18, 1813. My Lord—M. Pozzo di borgo,' who is proceeding to St. Petersburgh, ..."

3. Cities of Northern and Central Italy by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1876)
"There is no diligence between Citta di Castello and borgo San Sepolcro : a carriage with I ... A carriage may be taken from borgo to Arezzo, or vice versa, ..."

4. Wayfarers in Italy by Katharine (Putnam) Hooker (1901)
"borgo SAN SEPOLCRO. We started toward borgo San Sepolcro at five o'clock in the ... In two hours we had reached borgo. It was dark, and we sought the little ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Consequently it is easily accessible to the inhabitants of the borgo. who avail themselves very freely of it. It is entrusted to three Brothers of Mercy, ..."

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