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bourgs

noun

plural of bourg

as in villages

a small residential settlement the invaders captured the castle and sacked the bourg

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villages

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This time, Rome killed more than half a million, wiped out nearly 1,000 villages, and banned Jews from Jerusalem.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Life and social structures in remote river villages are rooted in summer fish camps, where the community catches, processes, and preserves the salmon that feeds them through the winter.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

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