proper noun/ʃɛʁ.buʁ/
Cherbourg, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (a city in Manche department, Normandy, France)
Related: cherbourgeois, Cherbourgeois
Inherited from Middle French Chierbourg, from Old French Chieresburg, probably from Old Norse kjarr (“thicket”) + borg (“fort”). Compare Old English Kiǣresburh.