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

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 (zh), 爱丁堡 (zh) (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) (Edimbara) Korean: 에든버러 (ko) (Edeunbeoreo) Macedonian: Единбург (mk) (Édinburg) m. Maltese: Edimbera Manx: Doon Edin (gv) Polish: Edynburg (pl) m. 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)