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Edin

Edin proper noun: university of Edinburgh, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

Proper noun

Edin

  1. University of Edinburgh, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

Origin of Edin

Shortened form of Edinburgh taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

Questions about Edin

What does Edin mean?
Edin means university of Edinburgh, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
What part of speech is Edin?
Edin is a proper noun.

Words near Edin in the dictionary

  1. edileship
  2. edileships
  3. edimental
  4. edimentals
  5. edimmu
  6. Edin
  7. Edina
  8. Edinbourgeois
  9. Edinbronian
  10. Edinbronians
  11. Edinbugger

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