Bourgogne

See also: bourgogne

English

Etymology

French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy.

Proper noun

Bourgogne

  1. A former région of France; since 2016, part of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Synonyms

French
Bourgogne

Etymology

From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from the name of a Germanic tribe (compare the root of burgh, borough), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). From the same root is Brie, via Gaulish.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buʁ.ɡɔɲ/
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Proper noun

Bourgogne f

  1. Burgundy (region)
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