Editing Usk (section)

==Etymology==
[[William Camden]] recorded that the town's [[English language|English]] name derives from ''Caer-usk'' (the [[Caer]] or [[Castrum]] on the [[River Usk]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=William |first1=Camden |title=Britannia |date=1607 |url=http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/hertseng.html#monts1}}</ref> The name of the river itself may mean "abounding in fish" or simply "water".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=9780198527589|location=Oxford|pages=}}</ref>

The origin of the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] name ''{{lang|cy|Brynbuga}}'' ({{IPA|cy|brɨ̞nˈbɨ̞ga|lang}}) is less certain. The local [[Common Brittonic|Brythonic]] name adopted into Latin as [[Burrium]] or Burrio was recorded as ''Brunebegy'' and ''Burenbegie'' in the 15th century. The modern name is likely an example of the [[metathesis (linguistics)|linguistic metathesis]] common in Welsh Topography. [[Folk etymology]] has suggested the name derives from Bryn Buga (Buga's Hill) or Bryn Bugeilio (Shepherding Hill).<ref>Hywel Wyn Owen, ''The Place-names of Wales'', 1998, {{ISBN|0-7083-1458-9}}</ref>