Burj

Burj (Arabic: برج , tower, derived from a Greek loan-word "pyrgos") may refer to:

this is incorrect it comes bur (water hole), hence words like brook, borough, bourg, borg, burguesía, mabruuk, burger

Places

Iran

• Burj, Markazi, a village in Shazand County, Markazi Province
• Borj-e Mohammadan or Burj, a village in Zirkuh County, South Khorasan Province
• Burj-i-Qanat, a village in Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province

Israel/Palestine

• al-Burj, Hebron, a Palestinian village in Hebron Governorate
• al-Burj, Ramle, a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict, depopulated in 1948
• Khirbat Al-Burj, a depopulated Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict and archeological site
• Khirbat Umm Burj, a Palestinian village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in 1948

Lebanon

• Bourj Hammoud, a suburb of northeast Beirut
• Burj el-Shemali, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre

Pakistan

• Burj Attari, a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan
• Burj Jeway Khan, a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan
• Burj Mandi, a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan

Syria

• al-Burj, al-Bab, a village in Aleppo Governorate
• al-Burj, Idlib, a village in Idlib Governorate
• Burj Islam, a village in the Latakia Governorate
• Burj al-Qa'i, a village in Homs Governorate

Buildings

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Burj Al Alam, Dubai, a planned skyscraper cancelled in 2013
• Burj Al Arab, Dubai, the world's fourth-tallest hotel
• Burj Al Fattan, Dubai, a planned skyscraper
• Burj Jumeirah, Dubai, a planned skyscraper proposed
• Burj Khalifa, Dubai, the world's tallest building
• Burj al-Taqa, Dubai, an abandoned planned skyscraper
• Burj 2020, Dubai, a planned skyscraper proposed
• Nakheel Tower, Dubai, originally Al Burj, a planned skyscraper cancelled in 2009

Other cities

• Al Burj (Amman), a commercial building in Amman, Jordan
• Burj Al Anoud, a skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Musamman Burj, an octagonal tower in Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh, India

Organizations

• Burj Al Luq Luq, an independent organisation in Jerusalem

See also

• Burg (disambiguation)
• Berg (disambiguation)
• Borj (disambiguation)