Bourke

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Bourke

  • /bɜːk/ UK
  • /bɝk/ US

Sounds like berk, birk, burk, Burke, burke · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

From an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burgh.

proper noun Bourkes · de Burgh · Burgh · Burke · Burgo · de Burgo

  1. countable, uncountable A topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
  2. countable, uncountable A town and local government area (Bourke Shire) in north-west New South Wales, Australia, named after Sir Richard Bourke.

noun Bourkes

  1. abbreviation, colloquial Short for Bourke's parrot.Bourke's parrot

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