Etymology

Burgeo

Bur·geo
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Today it means: A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Full definition →

Portuguese Mill Virgines
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The story

  1. Portuguese · derived fromMill Virgines“thousand virgins”
  2. English todayBurgeo

A corruption of Portuguese Mill Virgines (“thousand virgins”), a toponym originally applied to the Burgeo Islands.

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