New Edinburgh
New Edinburgh proper noun: the capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), now Sukunya, a.k.a. Puerto Escocés (Spanish for “Port Scotland”).
Proper noun
New Edinburgh
- The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), now Sukunya, a.k.a. Puerto Escocés (Spanish for “Port Scotland”).
- A community founded in 1783, currently located in Clare district municipality, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A settlement in Ontario, Canada, established in 1829, incorporated as a village of that name in 1867, and annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1887, of which it now forms a neighbourhood in its Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. (The affluent neighbourhood is notable as the location of the official residences of both the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.)
Origin of New Edinburgh
Named for Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland.
Questions about New Edinburgh
- What does New Edinburgh mean?
- New Edinburgh means the capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), now Sukunya, a.k.a. Puerto Escocés (Spanish for “Port Scotland”).
- What part of speech is New Edinburgh?
- New Edinburgh is a proper noun.
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