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This one's on a similar note to the recent discussion about language and country names. I'm looking at town names, and wonder if any one can answer this for me. Is there a widespread Romance toponym meaning the same as the Germanic loanword "-b(o)urg", i.e. castle/fortified place? I ask because I am trying to come up with some new town names that share an etymology with the *real* names, but without the Gmc element. The two I'm particularly keen on sorting out are Strasbourg (<Strasse Burg) and Hapsburg (< Habichts Burg) If not, any ideas what one could have been? Something from Castellum perhaps? Or Fortis?