borgo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian borgo. Doublet of borough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔː(ɹ)ɡəʊ/

Noun

borgo (plural borgos)

1. A small Italian village.
   • 2007 January 11, Maureen Orth, “Shopping for a Villa, He Wound Up With a Village”, in New York Times‎:

     The borgo’s five acres and five dilapidated structures were part of an estate once owned by the Borghese family, and overlooked a valley of hills and vineyards.

Anagrams

• Bogor

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin burgus. Doublet of bricco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbor.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -orɡo
• Hyphenation: bór‧go

Noun

borgo m (plural borghi, diminutive borghétto, pejorative borgàccio)

1. village, hamlet
2. district
3. suburb
4. borough

Derived terms

• borgata
• borghetto
• sobborgo

 

Further reading

• borgo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• borgo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• borgo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• borgo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• bórgo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• bórgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• borgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana