Borgo

Borgo, a name given to a number of towns and villages in Italy and Southern Tyrol, and indicating the growth of the town or village around a castle or castellated rock, the original Borgo (see BOROUGH). Thus there are the Borgo, the north part of Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber; Borgo-Manèro, an Italian town, 20 miles NNW. of Novara, with 4821 inhabitants; Borgo San Donatino, in the province of Parma, with 4493 inhabitants, &c.