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burg

[burg] / bɜrg /
NOUN
city
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It was the stand-in for a Midwestern town in Tom Hanks’ “That Thing You Do” and for a southern burg in “Big Mama’s House,” among many others.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

Surrounding me would be the natural denizens of Martini Town, if such a burg existed, all eager to savor the lot’s first Hallmark Fan Experience.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

The town is Maplewood, a quaint commuter burg which is home to a number of New York Times employees and, probably not coincidentally, is the subject of frequent coverage in the New York Times.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

One of the earliest proceeded June 11 in Fall City, the unincorporated burg 25 miles east of Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

There they were welcomed again with joy and renewed hope; for now there were men enough to man both the burg and the barrier wall.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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