Edinburghian

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Edinburghian

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From Edinburgh + -ian.

noun Edinburghians

A person from Edinburgh. Based on people he had observed in Hampstead, the song borrows from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island when the narrator calls himself “Long John Silver” […]. But apparently Anderson's fellow Edinburghian had no influence on “Mother Goose.”
Similar: Edinbronian, Edinburger

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"Edinburghian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/edinburghian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Edinburghian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/edinburghian

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"Edinburghian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/edinburghian.

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@misc{edinburghian_2026,
  title = {Edinburghian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/edinburghian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}