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Edinburgh

name
/ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/UK/ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə/CA

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.

  1. derived from burg — “castle, stronghold”
  2. derived from *dūnom✻ — “stronghold”
  3. derived from Eidyn
  4. inherited from Edynburgh

Definitions

  1. The capital city of Scotland.

  2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.

  3. A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.

    2. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

    3. An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.

    4. Short for Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.

    5. A royal dukedom.

The neighborhood

Derived

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, eupad, eusol, New Edinburgh

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA