Duckburg

Duck·burg
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US/ˈdʌkbɝɡ/UK/ˈdʌkbɜˑɡ/

proper noun

A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.

    And [Springfield is] east to Duckburg, Calistoa?^([sic])

    1999 August 6, grosse, “Re: where is springfield?”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet), message-ID <1AEq3.97$l53.8405@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>
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    Self-contempt follows megalomania fast on its heels: The Vorarlberg Rhine valley has the settlement structure of Los Angeles – a Duckburg-like reduced Los Angeles to be sure, in which almost only Mickey Mice live, scarcely a Donald Duck, surely no Uncle Scrooge Duck, not even a Gladstone Gander (but many who conduct themselves as such).

    1999, Kathleen Sagmeister with Otto Kapfinger and Kunsthaus Bregenzaut, Architecture in Vorarlberg Since 1980: A Guide to 260 Noteworthy Buildings, Hatje, →ISBN

    The nation 'Nationwide', like the inhabitants of Duckburg, seems to be principally concerned with the process of consumption. Unlike Duckburg, though, we consume principally in families -- entering the Supersize competions (Monday nights 1975) together, and even enlarging our family size together ('Citizen '76' Monday nights 1976).

    2005, Charlotte Brunsdon, David Morley, The Nationwide Television Studies, →ISBN

    To this day, I am still confused about the fact that, in this town of anthropomorphic ducks (Duckburg, duh), there were non-anthropomorphic ducks that the anthropomorphic Ducks sometimes fed at the park, with absolutely no acknowledgment that they were one and the same species, or that the other ducks were technically naked by anthropomorphic Duck standards.

    2012 October 5, Robyn Pennacchia, “Did Scrooge McDuck die in 1967?”, in Death and Taxes

    Now, of course, some would argue that even if someone were stuffing a large fraction of the money supply into a money bin sitting on a hill in Duckburg, Say’s Law could continue to hold.

    2013 March 13, Louis Woodhill, “Sorry Paul Krugman, But We Still Need Say's Law”, in Forbes

    What if your counterparty is the airport of Duckburg? Where are you going to imply default probabilities from, let alone credit volatilities and credit-underlying "correlations”?

    2013, Damiano Brigo, Massimo Morini, Andrea Pallavicini, Counterparty Credit Risk, Collateral and Funding, →ISBN
nounDuckburg (plural Duckburgs)

plural Duckburgs

  1. derogatoryoftenslangA small, rural, or provincial town.

    Willie stuck out his hand and Skinner gave it a cursory squeeze, then breezed past him. “C'mon, man, get out of this here goddamn rain!” He sailed into the airport lobby and stopped up short. “My God,” he cried, “what a Duckburg this place is.” […]

    1980, Winston Groom, As Summers Die, Pocket Books, published 1995, →ISBN
    1 more example

    Let them lambast Miami, give the hundred-bestplaces-to-live-in awards to the Orlandos and the Duckburgs, let the walking oatmeal of the race go live in such places and leave Driscoll to his Doc Jameroskis and Ray Brisas and the guys off the street who'd take a dollar not to steal his hubcaps.

    1998, Les Standiford, Presidential Deal: A John Deal Mystery, Poisoned Pen Press Inc., published 2011, →ISBN, page 206

Origin

From duck + -burg. Coined by Carl Barks in 1944, for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49.

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Translations

Arabic مَدِينَة البَطّ
  • مَدِينَة البَطّ (madīnat al-baṭṭ)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Chinese Mandarin 鴨堡 /鸭堡
  • 鴨堡 /鸭堡 (Yābǎo)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Czech Kačerov
  • Kačerovfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Danish Andeby
  • Andebyfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Dutch Duckstad
  • Duckstadfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Esperanto Anasurbo
  • Anasurbofictional city where Donald Duck lives
Estonian Pardilinn
  • Pardilinnfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Finnish Ankkalinna
  • Ankkalinnafictional city where Donald Duck lives
French Donaldville, Canardville
  • Donaldvillefictional city where Donald Duck lives
  • Canardvillefictional city where Donald Duck lives
German Entenhausen
  • Entenhausenfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Greek Λιμνούπολη
  • Λιμνούπολη (Limnoúpoli)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Hebrew תֵּל בַּרְוָז, בַּרְוָזְבֶּרְג
  • תֵּל בַּרְוָז (Tel Barváz)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
  • בַּרְוָזְבֶּרְג (Barvázberg)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Hindi डकबर्ग
  • डकबर्ग (Ḍakbarg)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Hungarian Kacsaháza, Hápbörg
  • Kacsaházafictional city where Donald Duck lives
  • Hápbörgfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Icelandic Andabær
  • Andabærfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Indonesian Kota Bebek
  • Kota Bebekfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Italian Paperopoli
  • Paperopolifictional city where Donald Duck lives
Japanese ダックバーグ
  • ダックバーグ (Dakkubāgu)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Korean 덕버그
  • 덕버그 (Deokbeogeu)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Latvian Dakburga
  • Dakburgafictional city where Donald Duck lives
Lithuanian Ančiogala
  • Ančiogalafictional city where Donald Duck lives
Norwegian Bokmål Andeby
  • Andebyfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Polish Kaczogród
  • Kaczogródfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Portuguese Patópolis
  • Patópolisfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Romanian Rațburg
  • Rațburgfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Russian Да́ксбург
  • Да́ксбург (Dáksburg)fictional city where Donald Duck lives
Slovak Káčerovo
  • Káčerovofictional city where Donald Duck lives
Spanish Patoburgo, Patolandia
  • Patoburgofictional city where Donald Duck lives
  • Patolandiafictional city where Donald Duck lives
Swedish Ankeborg
  • Ankeborgfictional city where Donald Duck lives
Cite this entry
APA

Duckburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Duckburg

MLA

“Duckburg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Duckburg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Duckburg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Duckburg.

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