Bourgogne
See also: bourgogne
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy.
Proper nounEdit
Bourgogne
- A former région of France; since 2016, part of the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
SynonymsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bourgogne f
- Burgundy (region)