Edinburgh
/ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/US/ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/
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Edinburgh proper noun: the capital city of Scotland. Also the abbreviation of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
Proper noun
Edinburgh
- The capital city of Scotland.
- 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.
- A royal dukedom.
Also used as
Edinburgh is also the abbreviation of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
Edinburgh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Edinburgh in Hindi
- capital of Scotland
- एडिनबर्ग eḍinbarg
Edinburgh in Tamil
- capital of Scotland
- எடின்பரோ eṭiṉparō
Edinburgh in Marathi
- capital of Scotland
- एडिनबरा eḍinabrā
Edinburgh in Urdu
- capital of Scotland
- اِیڈِنْبْرا īḍinbrā, اِیڈِن٘بْرا īḍimbrā, اَیڈِنْبْرا aiḍinbrā
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- Edinburgh in Bengali
- এডিনবরা eḍinbora
- Edinburgh in Telugu
- ఎడిన్బరా eḍinbarā
- Edinburgh in Malayalam
- എഡിൻബറോ eḍiṉbaṟō
- Edinburgh in Kannada
- ಎಡಿನ್ಬರ್ಗ್ eḍinbarg
- Edinburgh in Punjabi
- ਐਡਿਨਬਰਾ aiḍinbarā
- Edinburgh in Nepali
- एडिनवर्ग eḍinavarga
- Edinburgh in Tagalog
- Edimburgo, Edinburgh
- Edinburgh in Arabic
- إِدِنْبُرَة ʔidinbura, إِدِنْبْرَة ʔidinbra, أَدِنْبُرَة ʔadinbura, أَدِنْبْرَة ʔadinbra
- Edinburgh in Malay
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh in Indonesian
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh in Persian
- ادینبرو edinborô
- Edinburgh in Thai
- เอดินบะระ ee-din-bà-rá
- Edinburgh in Vietnamese
- Ê-đin-brơ
- Edinburgh in Myanmar
- အက်ဒင်ဗာရာ akdangbara
Origin of Edinburgh
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.
Words formed from Edinburgh
Phrases with Edinburgh
Questions about Edinburgh
- What does Edinburgh mean?
- Edinburgh means the capital city of Scotland.
- What is Edinburgh in Hindi?
- Edinburgh in Hindi is एडिनबर्ग (eḍinbarg). See Edinburgh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Edinburgh?
- Edinburgh is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Edinburgh?
- Edinburgh is pronounced /ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/ (UK).
Words near Edinburgh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Edinburgh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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