Burgh - Linguistics

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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