Edinburgh

Edinburgh

English

Etymology

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”). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪnbəɹə/ or IPA^(key): /ˈɛdnbəɹə/ or IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪnbɹə/ (usual pronunciation in England)
• (US) enPR: ĕdʹĭn-bŭr-ə IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪnbʌɹə/, enPR: ĕdʹən-bŭr-ə IPA^(key): /ˈɛdənbʌɹə/ or enPR: ĕdʹən-bər-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈɛdənbəɹə/

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Edinburgh

1. The capital city of Scotland.
2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.

Derived terms

• Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
• New Edinburgh

Translations

capital of Scotland

Afrikaans: Edinburg Albanian: Edinburg m Amharic: ኤዲንቦሮ (ʾedinboro) Arabic: إِدِنْبُرَة‎ f (ʾidinbura) Armenian: Էդինբուրգ (hy) (Ēdinburg) Azerbaijani: Edinburq Basque: Edinburgh Belarusian: Эдынбу́рг (Edynbúrh) Bengali: এডিনবরা (eḍinôbôra) Breton: Dinedin Bulgarian: Е́динбург m (Édinburg) Burmese: အက်ဒင်ဗာရာ (akdangbara) Catalan: Edimburg Chechen: Эдинбург (Edinburg) Chinese: Cantonese: 愛丁堡, 爱丁堡 (oi3 ding1 bou2) Mandarin: 愛丁堡／爱丁堡 (zh) (Àidīngbǎo) Cornish: Karedin Corsican: Edimburgu f Czech: Edinburgh (cs) m Danish: Edinburgh n Dutch: Edinburgh n Esperanto: Edinburgo Estonian: Edinburgh (et) Faroese: Edinburgh Finnish: Edinburgh (fi) French: Édimbourg (fr) f Galician: Edimburgo (gl) Georgian: ედინბურგი (edinburgi) German: Edinburg n, Edinburgh (de) n (from English) Greek: Εδιμβούργο (el) n (Edimvoúrgo) Hebrew: אֶדִינְבּוֹרוֹ‎ f (edinboro) Hindi: एडिनबर्ग m (eḍinbarg) Hungarian: Edinburgh (hu) Icelandic: Edinborg f Ido: Edinburgh Indonesian: Edinburgh Irish: Dún Éideann m Italian: Edimburgo f, Edinburgo f Japanese: エディンバラ (ja) (Edinbara) Kannada: ಎಡಿನ್‌ಬರ್ಗ್‌‌ (eḍin‌barg‌‌) Kashubian: Edinburgh m Kazakh: Эдинбург (Edinburg) Khmer: អេឌីនបួរ (ʼeediinbuə) Korean: 에든버러 (Edeunbeoreo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Edinburgh Kyrgyz: Эдинбург (Edinburg) Lao: ເອແດມບວກ (ʼē dǣm būak) Latin: Edinburgum n, Edenburgum n Latvian: Edinburga f Lithuanian: Edinburgas m Macedonian: Единбург m (Edinburg) Malay: Edinburgh Malayalam: എഡിൻബറോ (eḍiṉbaṟō) Maltese: Edimbera Manx: Doon Edin Maori: Edinburgh Marathi: एडिनबरा (eḍinabrā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Эдинбург (Edinburg) Nepali: एडिनवर्ग (eḍinavarga) Norman: Êdîmbourg (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: Edinburgh Nynorsk: Edinburgh Old Norse: Edinborg Ossetian: Эдинбург (Èdinburg) Persian: ادینبرو‎ (edinborô) Polish: Edynburg (pl) m Portuguese: Edimburgo (pt) f Punjabi: ਐਡਿਨਬਰਾ (aiḍinbarā) Romanian: Edinburgh Russian: Э́динбург (ru) m (Édinburg) Scots: Edinburgh, Embra, Edinburrie Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann m, Dùn Éideann m (superseded spelling) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Единбург m Roman: Edinburgh (sh) m, Edinburg m Sicilian: Edimburgu m Slovak: Edinburgh m Slovene: Edinburg m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Edinburgh Upper Sorbian: Edinburgh Spanish: Edimburgo (es) m Swahili: Edinburgh Swedish: Edinburgh (sv) n Tagalog: Edimburgo, Edinburgh Tajik: Единбург (Edinburg) Tamil: எடின்பரோ (eṭiṉparō) Tatar: Эдинбург (Edinburg) Telugu: ఎడిన్‌బరా (eḍin‌barā) Thai: เอดินบะระ (ee-din-bà-rá) Turkish: Edinburgh Turkmen: Edinburg Ukrainian: Единбу́рг m (Edynbúrh) Urdu: اِیڈِنْبْرا‎ m (īḍinbrā), اَیڈِنْبْرا‎ m (aiḍinbrā) Uzbek: Edinburg Vietnamese: Ê-đin-brơ Welsh: Caeredin (cy) f West Frisian: Edinburch Yiddish: עדינבורג‎ n (edinburg)

See also

• Edinburg

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Edinburk

Proper noun

Edinburgh m

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)

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Danish

Proper noun

Edinburgh

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)

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Dutch

Proper noun

Edinburgh n

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Edinburgh

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪnˌbaɹə/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Edinburgh n (proper noun, genitive Edinburghs or (optionally with an article) Edinburgh)

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Edinburgh

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Edinburgh

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Edinburgh n (genitive Edinburghs)

1. Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)