Bourgogne

See also: bourgogne

English

Etymology

From French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy.

Proper noun

Bourgogne

1. Burgundy: A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Related terms

• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

French

Bourgogne

Etymology

Inherited 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 (a historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
2. Burgundy (an early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)