Burke

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//bɜːk//
United States//bɝk//

A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.

proper noun

1
A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
2
A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Shoshone County, Idaho.
3
A number of places in the United States: A town and village therein, in Franklin County, New York.
4
A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Gregory County, South Dakota.
5
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Angelina County, Texas.
6
A number of places in the United States: A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, named after Edmund Burke.
7
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
8
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
9
A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin, named after Edmund Burke.
10
A local government area in north-west Queensland, Australia, named after Robert O'Hara Burke; in full, the Shire of Burke.

Etymology

From an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burg.

Forms

plural: Burkes

burial · The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.buried · Placed in a grave at a burial.burke · To murder by suffocation.

Burke · A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.

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