bourgade
/bʊəˈɡɑːd/noun
An unwalled town consisting of scattered buildings.
- After the 17th cent. used almost exclusively with reference to France or French-speaking regions..
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From Middle French, French bourgade from Old Occitan borgada from borc small market town + -ada.
- whitebait fritter
- whitebait season
- white baker
- white balance
- white ball
- white band disease
- whitebark
- whitebark pine
- whitebark pine tree
- white bass
- white bat
- white-beaked
- white-beaked dolphin
- whitebeam
- white bean
- white bear
- whitebeard
- white-bearded
- white-bearded manakin
- White Bear Lake
- whitebed
- white beech
- white beer
- white beet
- white-bellied