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Edina

Edina proper noun: a city in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, named after Edinburgh in Scotland.

Proper noun

Edina

  1. A city in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, named after Edinburgh in Scotland.
  2. A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Knox County, Missouri, United States.
  4. a poetic name for Edinburgh in Scotland.
    • Whatever blessing waits a genuine Scot,⁠
      In double portion swells thy glorious lot;
      For thee Edina culls her evening sweets,1812, George Gordon Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers, John Murray, published 1903, page 339

Questions about Edina

What does Edina mean?
Edina means a city in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, named after Edinburgh in Scotland.
What part of speech is Edina?
Edina is a proper noun.

Words near Edina in the dictionary

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

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