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de burgo

/dəˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
de bur-go
IPA
/dəˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡoʊ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from the Latin form, for someone who lived in a fortified place.

Etymology

From the Latinised word for burgh.

Inflected Forms

Burgh (alternative) de Burgh (alternative) Burke (alternative) Bourke (alternative) Bourg (alternative) de Bourg (alternative) de Búrca (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce de burgo?
The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡoʊ/.
What does de burgo mean?
A surname from the Latin form, for someone who lived in a fortified place.
Where does de burgo come from?
From the Latinised word for burgh.

How to pronounce de burgo

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