"Duckburg" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈdʌkbɝɡ/ [US]
Etymology: From duck + -burg. Coined by Carl Barks in 1944, for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|duck|burg}} duck + -burg Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Duckburg
  1. A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals. Categories (topical): American fiction, Disney, Fictional locations Translations (fictional city where Donald Duck lives): مَدِينَة الْبَطِّ (alt: madīna(t) al-baṭṭi) [feminine] (Arabic), 鴨堡 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸭堡 (Yābǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), Kačerov [masculine] (Czech), Andeby [common-gender] (Danish), Duckstad [neuter] (Dutch), Anasurbo (Esperanto), Pardilinn (Estonian), Ankkalinna (Finnish), Donaldville [feminine] (French), Canardville (english: TV series) [feminine] (French), Entenhausen [neuter] (German), Λιμνούπολη (Limnoúpoli) [feminine] (Greek), ડકબર્ગ (ḍakbarg) [masculine] (Gujarati), תל ברווז (tel barváz) [feminine] (Hebrew), ברווזברג (barvázberg) [feminine] (Hebrew), Kacsaháza (Hungarian), Hápbörg (english: TV series) (Hungarian), Andabær [masculine] (Icelandic), Kota Bebek (Indonesian), Paperopoli [feminine] (Italian), ダックバーグ (Dakkubāgu) (Japanese), 덕버그 (Deokbeogeu) (Korean), Dakburga [feminine] (Latvian), Ančiogala [feminine] (Lithuanian), Vuojašgávpot (Northern Sami), Andeby [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Andeby [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Kaczogród [masculine] (Polish), Patópolis [feminine] (Portuguese), Rațburg [neuter] (Romanian), Да́ксбург (Dáksburg) [masculine] (Russian), Патковград [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Patkovgrad [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Káčerovo [neuter] (Slovak), Račjigrad [masculine] (Slovene), Patoburgo [masculine] (Spanish), Patolandia [Latin-America, feminine] (Spanish), Ankeborg [neuter] (Swedish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌkbɝɡ/ [US] Forms: Duckburgs [plural]
Etymology: From duck + -burg. Coined by Carl Barks in 1944, for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|duck|burg}} duck + -burg Head templates: {{en-noun}} Duckburg (plural Duckburgs)
  1. (slang, often derogatory) A small, rural, or provincial town. Tags: derogatory, often, slang
    Sense id: en-Duckburg-en-noun-xwC3PUKB

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