Edinburgh
English
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Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/, IPA(key): [ˈɛd.n̩.bə.ɹə], IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ɪn.bɹə/ (usual pronunciation in England and Scotland)
- (US, Canada) enPR: ĕdʹĭn-bŭr-ə IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/, /ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə/, /ˈɛd.ən.bʌɹ.ə/, /ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.ə/
Proper noun
[edit]Edinburgh
- The capital city of Scotland.
- 2026 September 4, Simon Jack, “Controversial Jackdaw gas field set to be approved in weeks, sources say”, in BBC News[1], retrieved 4 September 2026:
- 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.
- Short for Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
- A royal dukedom.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]capital of Scotland
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See also
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edinburgh m inan
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Edinburgh (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Edinburgh |
| genitive | Edinburghu |
| dative | Edinburghu |
| accusative | Edinburgh |
| vocative | Edinburghu |
| locative | Edinburghu |
| instrumental | Edinburghem |
Danish
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[edit]Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Dutch
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edinburgh n
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Estonian
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[edit]Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
German
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edinburgh n (proper noun, genitive Edinburghs or (optionally with an article) Edinburgh)
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Swedish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Edinburgh n (genitive Edinburghs)
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Welsh
- English terms derived from Celtic languages
- English terms derived from Brythonic languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Old English
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Edinburgh
- en:Cities in Scotland
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Scotland
- English terms with quotations
- en:Council areas of Scotland
- en:Towns in Indiana, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Ghost towns in Ohio, USA
- en:Ghost towns in the United States
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Towns in Mpumalanga, South Africa
- en:Towns in South Africa
- en:Places in Mpumalanga, South Africa
- en:Places in South Africa
- en:Suburbs of Adelaide
- en:Places in Adelaide
- en:Places in South Australia, Australia
- en:Places in Australia
- English short forms
- English terms suffixed with -burgh
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Edinburgh
- cs:Cities in Scotland
- cs:National capitals
- cs:Places in Scotland
- cs:Council areas of Scotland
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech velar-stem masculine inanimate nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Edinburgh
- da:Cities in Scotland
- da:National capitals
- da:Places in Scotland
- da:Council areas of Scotland
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Edinburgh
- nl:Cities in Scotland
- nl:National capitals
- nl:Places in Scotland
- nl:Council areas of Scotland
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Edinburgh
- et:Cities in Scotland
- et:National capitals
- et:Places in Scotland
- et:Council areas of Scotland
- German 4-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Edinburgh
- de:Cities in Scotland
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in Scotland
- de:Council areas of Scotland
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Edinburgh
- nb:Cities in Scotland
- nb:National capitals
- nb:Places in Scotland
- nb:Council areas of Scotland
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Edinburgh
- nn:Cities in Scotland
- nn:National capitals
- nn:Places in Scotland
- nn:Council areas of Scotland
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Edinburgh
- sv:Cities in Scotland
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in Scotland
- sv:Council areas of Scotland