Bourgouongne

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”) (compare French Bourgogne), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰ-n̥t- (“high, mighty”), from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

Proper noun

Bourgouongne f (Jersey)

  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)
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