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edinburgh

/ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/

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What does edinburgh mean?

proper noun

  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.
More meanings (5)

proper noun

  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.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə//ˈɛd.ən.bʌɹ.ə//ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.ə/
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Long ago, this sheltered field was purchased by the Edinburgh magistrates for the sake of the springs that rise or gather there.
Robert Louis StevensonEdinburgh: Picturesque NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #382
There was an inn opposite the house where my father was born, from which the first coach started from Edinburgh to Newcastle.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
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The ground for four miles, all the way to Edinburgh, was strewn with dead men, and with arms, and legs, and heads.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
He says, however, "I was so sickened with lectures at Edinburgh that I did not even attend Sedgwick's eloquent and interesting lectures."
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
It does not exist in Edinburgh any more than in London, for it relates the two and is neutral as between them.
Bertrand RussellThe Problems of PhilosophyProject Gutenberg ebook #5827