Linguistics
Burgh is commonly used as a suffix in place names, in Scotland, England and other countries to which people of these nations emigrated:
- Aldeburgh
- Bamburgh
- Edinburgh
- Fraserburgh
- Helensburgh
- Jedburgh
- Leverburgh
- Maryburgh
- Musselburgh
- Newburgh
- Osnaburgh
- Roxburgh
- Williamsburgh (Scotland and the United States)
- Kingsburgh (Scotland and South Africa)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Plattsburgh, New York, United States
- Edinburgh, Indiana, United States
- Edithburgh South Australia
And as a placename on its own, in the West Germanic countries:
- Burgh, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Burgh (Netherlands) - a town in the Netherlands in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.
- Burgh, Suffolk, England
- Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England (pronounced Bruff by Sands)
- Burgh Castle, Norfolk, England
- Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire, England
- Burgh on Bain, Lincolnshire, England
- Burgh Island, Devon, England
- Burgh next Aylsham, Norfolk, England
- Burgh St Margaret, Norfolk, England
- Burgh St Peter, Suffolk, England
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