![]() Kiril Vlahov, the name of the city comes from the Thracian word " pyurg" as meaning "fortification of wooden beams". By one of them, the city's name comes from Gothic name "baurgs" as meaning "signified consolidated walled villages". There are several alternative explanations for the name's origin. The name passed to Bulgarian through the Turkish Burgaz. 15 centuries later, the settlement was mentioned by the Byzantine poet Manuel Phil as " Pyrgos" ( Greek: Πύργος), a word identical in meaning with the Greek word for tower. ![]() It is widely considered, including by the city's official website, that the name of the city is derived from the Latin word " burgus" as meaning a "tower", after a local ancient Roman travel post, which used to be in the area of today's Burgas Port. A similar literal composition have the cities Burgos in Spain and numerous cities containing the Germanic burg "city" such as Hamburg. ![]()
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