Edinburgh

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Edinburgh

/ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
[ˈɛd.n̩.bə.ɹə] Australia, New Zealand, UK
/ˈɛd.ɪn.bɹə/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
/ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/ Canada, US
/ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə/ Canada, US
/ˈɛd.ən.bʌɹ.ə/ Canada, US
/ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.ə/ Canada, US

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

The capital city of Scotland. The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted oil and gas from the sites.
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.
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.
abbreviation Short for Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
A royal dukedom.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: glasgow, wales, edinburghshire, holyrood, castlerock, dunedin, edina, canongate, edi, midlothian, scotland, london, nottingham, dublin, cardiff, melbourne

Translations

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name capital of Scotland

Español	Edimburgo
한국어	에든버러 Edeunbeoreo
日本語	エディンバラ Edinbara
中文	愛丁堡 /爱丁堡 Àidīngbǎo
हिन्दी	एडिनबर्ग eḍinbarg
Kiswahili	Edinburgh
Português	Edimburgo
Français	Édimbourg
Deutsch	Edinburg, Edinburgh
Italiano	Edimburgo
Ελληνικά	Εδιμβούργο Edimvoúrgo
Română	Edinburgh
Русский	Э́динбург Édinburg
Tiếng Việt	Ê-đin-brơ
العربية	إِدِنْبُرَة ʔidinbura, إِدِنْبْرَة ʔidinbra, أَدِنْبُرَة ʔadinbura, أَدِنْبْرَة ʔadinbra
עברית	אֶדִינְבּוֹרוֹ edinboro

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@misc{edinburgh_2026,
  title = {Edinburgh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/edinburgh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}