<P> The name of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a complicated history . Pittsburgh is one of the few U.S. cities or towns to be spelled with an h at the end of a burg suffix . </P> <P> Pittsburgh was named in honor of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, often referred to as William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger . </P>

Is pittsburgh the only burgh with an h