Embra

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Embra

  1. (Scotland, eye dialect) Edinburgh.
    • 2007, Peter McPhee, New Blood, page 40:
      " [] floods in Embra. Not that I feel sorry for that lot."
      They all smiled. Embra was the Glasgow term for Edinburgh, the capital city. There had always been a rivalry between the towns.
    • 2020, Allan Morrison, Haud That Bus!:
      Fairly attracts the visitors. Must be guid for business in Embra, ah would think.