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BOURG

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the capital of the island of Cayenne, a French colony on the coast of Guiana, in South America; in W. Long. 52°. o. N. Lat. 5°. o.

BOURG-en-Bresse, a town in France, and capital of Bresse, in the province of Burgundy. It is seated on the river Rhone, almost in the centre of Bresse, in E. Long. 4° 19'. N. Lat. 46° 13'.

BOURG-sur-Mer, a sea-port town of France in Guienne, and in the Bourdelois, with a tolerable good harbour: seated at the confluence of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne, in W. Long. 3° 35'. N. Lat. 45°. o.