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Bruges

/bʁyʒ/

proper noun/bʁyʒ/

Bruges is masculine in French.

Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium)

Inherited from Old French Bruges, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

proper noun/bʁyʒ/

Bruges is masculine in French.

Bruges (a commune and town in Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)

Related: Brugeais, Brugeaise

Inherited from Old French Bruges, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.