Editing Burgas (section)

== Names ==
[[File:Burgas Bulgaria by Sentinel-2 20190831.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Burgas as seen from space]]
The city's name is similar to [[Burgos]] in Spain, as well as numerous cities containing the [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] '[[burg (disambiguation)|burg]]' suffix, meaning "city,"
such as [[Hamburg]].
It is widely considered, including by the city's official website, that the name of the city is derived from the [[Latin language|Latin]] word "''burgus''", meaning a "tower", after a local ancient Roman travel post, which used to be in the area of today's Burgas Port. Fifteen  centuries later, the settlement was mentioned by the Byzantine poet [[Manuel Philes]] as "''Pyrgos''" ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Πύργος), a word identical in meaning with the Greek word for tower.<ref name=municipality>{{cite web|url=http://www.burgas.bg/en/info/index/91|title=Burgas Municipality|publisher=Burgas|access-date=23 Jul 2015|archive-date=21 Jul 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721122541/http://www.burgas.bg/en/info/index/91|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=pocket>{{cite web |url=http://www.inyourpocket.com/Burgas/History |title=Burgas |access-date=23 Jul 2015 |archive-date=24 Jul 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724021856/http://www.inyourpocket.com/Burgas/History |url-status=live }}</ref> The name passed to Bulgarian through the Turkish ''Burgaz''.
There are several alternative explanations for the name's origin. One of them states the city's name comes from [[Gothic language|Gothic]] name "baurgs", meaning "signified consolidated [[defensive wall|walled]] villages".<ref>Wright, Joseph, 1892, ''A Primer of the Gothic Language'', glossary & section 182.</ref> According to Bulgarian prof. Kiril Vlahov, the name of the city comes from the [[Thracian language|Thracian]] word "''pyurg''", meaning "fortification of wooden beams".