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Definition of Borgo
1. a market-town [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Borgo
Literary usage of Borgo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1883)
"Perilous Condition of II borgo.—Constancy of La Valette. 1565. THE strength of
the order was now concentrated on the two narrow slips of land which run out ..."
2. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1851)
"C. Lord Castlereagh to Lord Cathcart. Foreign Office, January 18, 1813. My Lord—M.
Pozzo di borgo,' who is proceeding to St. Petersburgh, ..."
3. Cities of Northern and Central Italy by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1876)
"There is no diligence between Citta di Castello and borgo San Sepolcro : a carriage
with I ... A carriage may be taken from borgo to Arezzo, or vice versa, ..."
4. Wayfarers in Italy by Katharine (Putnam) Hooker (1901)
"borgo SAN SEPOLCRO. We started toward borgo San Sepolcro at five o'clock in the
... In two hours we had reached borgo. It was dark, and we sought the little ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Consequently it is easily accessible to the inhabitants of the borgo. who avail
themselves very freely of it. It is entrusted to three Brothers of Mercy, ..."
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