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Borgo

Borgo

1 9.8
A town in Italy or Corsica
  • proper noun
translation icon : Borgo
  • Were you staying at the Borgo San Andrea in Amalfi?
  • Borgo Nuovo
  • Borgo Vecchio
  • Borgo district

Examples

  • Clearing the Borgo district of its medieval fabric was an idea half a millennium in the making.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Throughout this period, no one involved in the project recommended saving the Borgo.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Use the forests, the mountains around the Borgo Pass.

  • Neither the Roman Catholic Church nor the Italian state required the Borgo Nuovo any longer.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The Borgo remained a concrete symbol of the political obstacle between the nation and its church.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The Vatican's own building blocks the Borgo Nuovo.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Sixtus's resolve to effect a significant urban transformation of the Borgo was implicit.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The northern arm of columns stopped short to leave the Borgo Nuovo vista clear (Figs. 3, 4).

    Academic text (2006)
  • The decision for parallel street facade walls preserved the line of the Borgo Vecchio to the south, but the Borgo Nuovo to the north was obliterated.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Last summer, we visited the historic town of Borgo in Tuscany, famous for its beautiful landscapes.

Synonyms

Trento
vsBorgo
1 6.1

A city in northern Italy on the River Adige that is known for the Council of Trent

is a generic name for a commune or town rather than a single city
pino
vsBorgo
1 9.6

The name of several towns in Italy

is a general commune or town name used especially in Italy
amparo
vsBorgo
9.9

A town name in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries

is the same kind of place name but used mainly in Corsica and Italy

Surface Forms

Borgo main

Etymology

Borgo as a place name comes from the Italian borgo, meaning 'village' or 'small town', a word used for small settlements often near a castle or a main road. It is the same root as English borough and burg, so a town called Borgo simply means 'the village' or small town.