Explore Bourg through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bourg in a sentence
Related words
Bourg meaning
- Obsolete form of burgh.
- Obsolete form of borough.
Using Bourg
- The main meaning on this page is: Obsolete form of burgh. | Obsolete form of borough.
- In the example corpus, bourg often appears in combinations such as: bourg mulatresse.
Context around Bourg
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bourg
- In this selection, "bourg" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vieux, mulatresse, saw and neuf stand out and add context to how "bourg" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include boys from bourg saw their and crowd at bourg mulatresse. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bourg" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bourg
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Risacher helped spark JL Bourg to this year's EuroCup final, which was won by Paris Basketball. (17 words)
One suspects that the Central Zone champions would do very well to keep the Bourg Mulatresse boys scoreless again. (19 words)
During the French annexation (1811–1813) in the wake of the Napoleonic war against Britain, it was also known as Le Vieux-Bourg in French. (25 words)
At its foot lies the famous "Bayonne Sea"—the junction of the two rivers—which may have been about convert wide between Saint-Esprit and the Grand Bayonne and totally covered the current location of Bourg-Neuf (in the district of Petit Bayonne). (43 words)
Coming into today’s proceedings, the Pres Lions had their fate in their own hands but they could not shake off a determined San Juan North in front a mammoth crowd at Bourg Mulatresse. (34 words)
Only two minutes later, the boys from Bourg saw their defence breached when centre half Elisha Garcia gifted possession to a tenacious Shippley Jr in the area. (27 words)
Example sentences (7)
Risacher helped spark JL Bourg to this year's EuroCup final, which was won by Paris Basketball.
One suspects that the Central Zone champions would do very well to keep the Bourg Mulatresse boys scoreless again.
Only two minutes later, the boys from Bourg saw their defence breached when centre half Elisha Garcia gifted possession to a tenacious Shippley Jr in the area.
Coming into today’s proceedings, the Pres Lions had their fate in their own hands but they could not shake off a determined San Juan North in front a mammoth crowd at Bourg Mulatresse.
At its foot lies the famous "Bayonne Sea"—the junction of the two rivers—which may have been about convert wide between Saint-Esprit and the Grand Bayonne and totally covered the current location of Bourg-Neuf (in the district of Petit Bayonne).
During the French annexation (1811–1813) in the wake of the Napoleonic war against Britain, it was also known as Le Vieux-Bourg in French.
The French term to mean "town" is "bourg" but in fact, the French do not really distinguish between towns and cities which are all commonly called "villes".
Common combinations with bourg
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: