Burdigala

• Burdegala
• Burdegalis

Named after Bituriges Vivisci, a Gaulish tribe in the area. The first word is said to mean kings of the world, from Proto-Celtic *bitus + *rīxs.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /burˈdi.ɡa.la/, [bʊrˈd̪ɪɡäɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /burˈdi.ɡa.la/, [burˈd̪iːɡälä]

Burdigala f sg (genitive Burdigalae); first declension

1. Bordeaux (the capital city of the modern Gironde department, France; capital city of the modern region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Burdigalēnsis

• Burdigala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Burdigala”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly