burg UK /bɜːɡ/US /bɝɡ/ noun4 •(US, Canada) A city or town.Tell mother that I will write her in a day or two, probably from Chicago, as I have always had an idea that that was one burg where I could make good. — 1921 •(US, slang) Martinsburg, West Virginia. •(historical) A fortified town in medieval Europe. •(slang) Clipping of burger.I hate this emptiness and the redundancy of eating burgs at Burger Town. — 2002 formsburgs