Edinburgh

//ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Scotland.
  2. 2
    A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
  3. 3
    A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
  4. 4
    A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
  5. 5
    A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
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  1. 6
    An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
  2. 7
    A royal dukedom.

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"This year, Edinburgh began work on its fifteen-year regeneration project to transform its waterfront and provide its growing population with a new kind of living area."

Etymology

From Middle English Edynburgh, from Old Welsh Eidyn, a Celtic/Brythonic region of uncertain origin (possibly a personal name; compare Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”)) + Old English burg (“castle, stronghold”). The English name was probably a calque from Old Welsh (cf. Din Eidyn). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh.

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Edinburgh of the Seven SeasNew Edinburgh

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