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edinburgh
/ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/
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What does edinburgh mean?
proper noun
- The capital city of Scotland.
- A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
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proper noun
- A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
- A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
- An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
- Short for Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
- A royal dukedom.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/
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/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.
There was an inn opposite the house where my father was born, from which the first coach started from Edinburgh to Newcastle.
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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.
He says, however, "I was so sickened with lectures at Edinburgh that I did not even attend Sedgwick's eloquent and interesting lectures."
It does not exist in Edinburgh any more than in London, for it relates the two and is neutral as between them.