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Borg (disambiguation)

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{{wiktionarypar|Borg}} '''Borg''' is a family name, and various things. It has two origins: # a Scandinavian language Scandinavian word for "fort". Many Scandinavian placenames end in "-borg", which originally meant "fort", e.g. Ålborg, Frederiksborg: compare English language English borough and Dutch language Dutch or German language German ''Burg'', as in ''Middelburg'' or ''Oldenburg''. # (recently) extracted from "cyborg". People known by the family name '''Borg''' include: *Björn Borg — a tennis player *Joe Borg — a Maltese politician *Oscar Borg — a Norwegian composer *Marcus Borg — a Religous scholar *Richard Borg designer of games such as Memoir '44 Things called '''Borg''' or '''borg''' include: *Borg — a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe. *Borg, Vestvågøy, Norway Borg — a placename within Vestvågøy municipality, Norway. *Borganism — a collective consciousness that is an emergent phenomenon of a highly networked civilization (harking of the integration of organic and artificial elements on a smaller scale) *Borg Bryggerier — a Norwegian beer brewery *'''Borg''' — a synthetic cloth or fabric made by the Borg textile corporation of Georgia *'''Borg''' — an automated player in the game Angband_%28game%29 Angband. *"Common criticisms of Microsoft The Borg" — a nickname for Microsoft Corporation alluding to the common criticisms of Microsoft *'''Borg''' — The [http://www.borgstpoelten.ac.at/wpf99/borg/english.htm BORG St. Poelten]is a grammar school in Lower Austria. {{disambig}} de:Borg nl:Borg sv:Borg