Burden or burthen may refer to:

People

Burden (surname) Burden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfie Burden, English professional snooker player *Arthur Scott Burden (1879-1921), American equestrian *Barry Burden (born 1971), American political scientist *Bob Burden, American ca ...

, people with the surname Burden

Places

Burden, Kansas Burden is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 512. History In 1879, in anticipation of the coming of the ''Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad'', the town of Burden was ...

, United States *

Burden, Luxembourg Burden ( , ) is a village in the commune of Erpeldange, in northern Luxembourg. The village has a population of . Burden is accessible by car via Warken and Bourscheid. It is connected for unmotorized traffic to the N27 road with a Bailey bridg ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Burden'' (2018 film), an American drama film * ''The Burden'' (film), a Swedish independent short film

Literature

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The Burden ''The Burden'' is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Heinemann on 12 November 1956. Initially not published in the US, it was later issued as a paperback by Dell Publishing in September 1963. It was the last of s ...

'', by Agatha Christie, 1956 *''The Burdens'', a play by

John Ruganda John Ruganda (30 May 1941 to 8 December 2007) was Uganda's best known playwright. Beyond his work as a playwright, Ruganda was also a professor at University of North, South Africa, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University. He was born in Fo ...

, 1972

Music

Songs

* "Burden", a single by Opeth from the album ''

Watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

'' * "Burden", a 2019 song by

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...

* "Burdens", a song by Kenny Wayne Shepherd from ''

The Place You're In ''The Place You're In'' is the fourth studio album by blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It was released on October 5, 2004. This is his first album in five years, the last was 1999's '' Live On''. Track listing All tracks written by Kenny ...

'' * "Burdens", a song by

The Yawpers The Yawpers are a three-piece rock and roll band from Denver, Colorado. Their name is derived from a Walt Whitman poem, entitled "Song of Myself" from ''Leaves of Grass:'' "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." The Yawpers play in ...

* "The Burden", an interlude by Memphis May Fire from the album ''

The Hollow ''The Hollow'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 and in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. The US edition ...

Other uses in music

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drone Drone most commonly refers to: * Drone (bee), a male bee, from an unfertilized egg * Unmanned aerial vehicle * Unmanned surface vehicle, watercraft * Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone Drone, drones or The Drones may also refer to: ...

(sometimes spelt bourdon or burdon) produced by certain instruments * Burden (or burthen), a

refrain A refrain (from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'', "to repeat", and later from Old French ''refraindre'') is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the vi ...

in English hymns and songs * ''Burdens'' (album), a 2006 album by Ava Inferi

Other uses

* Burden, an old accounting term for overhead (O/H) costs * Burden, in electrical engineering is the impedance presented to the secondary winding of a

Current transformer A current transformer (CT) is a type of transformer that is used to reduce or multiply an alternating current (AC). It produces a current in its secondary which is proportional to the current in its primary. Current transformers, along with volt ...

* Burden (or burthen), an old term for ship's tonnage of cargo carrying capacity, from the archaic "

burthen Burden or burthen may refer to: People * Burden (surname), people with the surname Burden Places * Burden, Kansas, United States * Burden, Luxembourg Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Burden'' (2018 film), an American drama film * ''T ...

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