Edinburgh

Betekenis (Engels)

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. A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
5. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
6. An outer northern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
7. A royal dukedom.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/

Etimologie (Engels)

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”). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh.