Borgo
- proper noun
- Were you staying at the Borgo San Andrea in Amalfi?
- Borgo Nuovo
- Borgo Vecchio
- Borgo district
Examples
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Clearing the Borgo district of its medieval fabric was an idea half a millennium in the making.
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Throughout this period, no one involved in the project recommended saving the Borgo.
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Use the forests, the mountains around the Borgo Pass.
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Neither the Roman Catholic Church nor the Italian state required the Borgo Nuovo any longer.
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The Borgo remained a concrete symbol of the political obstacle between the nation and its church.
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The Vatican's own building blocks the Borgo Nuovo.
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Sixtus's resolve to effect a significant urban transformation of the Borgo was implicit.
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The northern arm of columns stopped short to leave the Borgo Nuovo vista clear (Figs. 3, 4).
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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.
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Last summer, we visited the historic town of Borgo in Tuscany, famous for its beautiful landscapes.
Synonyms
A city in northern Italy on the River Adige that is known for the Council of Trent
The name of several towns in Italy
A town name in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries
Surface Forms
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.