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
Most big burgs saw sizable year-over-year jumps in traffic delays last year, with five of them enduring double-digit increases.
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Then, filled with admiration for this person who has turned a simple space into a something transcendental, the patron hires Tóth to oversee construction on a community center in the modest burg of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
—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
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Then, filled with admiration for this person who has turned a simple space into a something transcendental, the patron hires Tóth to oversee construction on a community center in the modest burg of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burg
Noun
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Charleston, the state capital, is about an hour north of the National Park there, and other cities closer to the park include Fayetteville, Beckley and Hinton.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
2 June 2025
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My team spans different states, countries and backgrounds—some speak multiple languages, and others come from small towns or big cities.—
Alexander Kwapis,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Noun
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The Cubs rolled into town having won four out of five.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Location Located on the northwestern coast of Guanacaste, Punta Cacique is a secluded cliffside community offering easy access to two neighboring beach towns: Playa Hermosa and Playa del Coco.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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Unlike the metropolises mentioned above, Hartford has a median home sale price that’s actually lower than the national average—$214,546 compared to $281,900.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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Her characters travel on the public transport and engage firsthand with the unglamorous but still relevant realities of a vast metropolis.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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