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Borgo

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Borgo is an Italian wird (plural borghi), cognate wi Inglis borough, German Burg, French bourg, that nou uisuallie means the new toun ootside the walls o an auld toun (the paese). Vera aften the borgo is a distinct frazione frae the paese, an its name is that o the toun wi Borgo addit, either afore or efter: for example, the lawer toun o Trevi is Borgo Trevi; the lawer toun o Cerreto di Spoleto is Cerreto Borgo. The diminutive form o the wird is borghetto ("little borgo"), frae which the contractit term ghetto derived.

The wird is pairt o the name o a number o places:

Fraunce
Italy
San Marino