as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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Recent Examples of burg
The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
On Friday, league commissioner Jessica Berman named our burg one of three finalists for an expansion, a club that would start play in the league — along with Boston’s expansion BOS Nation FC — in 2026.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2024
Dunedin Mix is the rebirth of a beautiful but long-shuttered building set in the, well, MIX of one of the Gulf Coast’s most charming, walkable burgs.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
Like many of the other blokes in his burg, he was much taken by the tales of the Wild West and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
On Friday, league commissioner Jessica Berman named our burg one of three finalists for an expansion, a club that would start play in the league — along with Boston’s expansion BOS Nation FC — in 2026.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2024
Dunedin Mix is the rebirth of a beautiful but long-shuttered building set in the, well, MIX of one of the Gulf Coast’s most charming, walkable burgs.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
Like many of the other blokes in his burg, he was much taken by the tales of the Wild West and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burg
Noun
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Inglewood is a city located about 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Nor does the league want to give up a potential expansion city like Nashville or Portland, Ore., or Salt Lake City.—
Evan Drellich,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Since Jimmy Butler moped his way out of town, the talent hasn’t been there.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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The outbreak of tornadoes raked through towns under the cover of darkness — the most dangerous and deadly time for a tornado outbreak.—
Eric Zerkel,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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As mayor of Davao City, a metropolis of 1.5 million people on the southern island of Mindanao, Duterte built a national reputation over two decades for his no-nonsense approach to crime.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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In previous research Blaser and his colleagues sampled rural and urban homes in South American locations ranging from a small village in the remote Amazon to the bustling metropolis of Manaus, Brazil.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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