Edinburgh

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Etymology

From Old English burg, castle, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortress”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrgh (“fortified elevation”). This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

Pronunciation

• (UK, AUS, NZ) IPA: /ˈɛdɪnbərə/, X-SAMPA: /"EdInb@r@/ or IPA: /ˈɛdɪnbrə/, X-SAMPA: /"EdInbr@/
• (US) enPR: ĕdʹən-bŭr-ə, IPA: /ˈɛdənbʌrə/, X-SAMPA: /"Ed@nbVr@/ or enPR: ĕdʹən-bər-ə, IPA: /ˈɛdənbərə/, X-SAMPA: /"Ed@nb@r@/

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Proper noun

Edinburgh

1. The capital of Scotland.

Translations

capital of Scotland

• Arabic: إدنبرة (ar) ('idinbura) f
• Breton: Dinedin (br)
• Bulgarian: Единбург
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛丁堡 (cmn), 爱丁堡 (cmn) (Àidīngbǎo)

• Czech: Edinburgh (cs) m
• Dutch: Edinburgh (nl)
• Esperanto: Edinburgo (eo)
• Estonian: Edinburgh (et)
• French: Édimbourg (fr)
• German: Edinburgh (de) n
• Greek: Εδιμβούργο (el) (Edimvoúrgo) n
• Hindi: एडिनबर्ग (hi) (ēḍinbarg)
• Icelandic: Edinborg (is) f

• Italian: Edimburgo (it) f
• Japanese: エディンバラ (ja) (Edinbara)
• Korean: 에든버러 (ko) (Edeunbeoreo)
• Latin: Edinensis (la) f
• Macedonian: Единбург (mk) (Édinburg) m
• Maltese: Edimbera
• Manx: Doon Edin (gv)
• Polish: Edynburg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Edimburgo (pt)
• Russian: Эдинбург (ru) (Édinburg) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann (gd)
• Spanish: Edimburgo (es) m
• Welsh: Caeredin (cy) f

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Edinburk

Proper noun

Edinburgh m

1. Edinburgh

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Estonian

Proper noun

Edinburgh

1. Edinburgh (capital of Scotland)