burgcity or townNot to be confused with:berg ? icebergAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeburg (bûrg)n.1. Informal A city or town: “There are no more opportunities for you in this burg” (Damon Runyon).2. A fortified or walled town in early or medieval Europe.[Probably from -burg, in place names such as Harrisburg, from Middle English burgh, town, from Old English burg. Sense 2, ultimately from Germanic *burgs, hill fort; see bhergh- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.burg (b???) n1. (Historical Terms) history a fortified town2. informal US a town or city[C18 (in the sense: fortress): from Old High German burg fortified town; see borough]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014burg (b?rg) n. 1. Informal. a small, quiet city or town. 2. a fortified town. [1745?55; variant of burgh] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.