borgo

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[1]:
      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

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin burgus.[1] Doublet of bricco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbor.ɡo/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -orɡo
  • Hyphenation: bór‧go

Noun

borgo m (plural borghi or (Old Italian) borgora f, relational adjective borghigiano, diminutive borghetto, pejorative borgaccio)

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 borgo in Treccani.it – Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ borgo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • borgo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • 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 – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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