Inverness
English
Etymology
From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.
Proper noun
Inverness
- A city in and the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
- A rural community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.
- A community, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Bullock County, Alabama.
- A former CDP and neighborhood of Hoover, Shelby County, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham.
- An unincorporatedcommunity and census-designated place in Marin County, California.
- A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Citrus County, Florida, United States.
- A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Steuben County, Indiana.
- A town in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
- A census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.
Translations
city in Scotland
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Noun
Inverness (plural Invernesses)
- A type of overcoat constructed without sleeves and having a shoulder cape extending to the wrists. The best examples are quite heavy, made from Harris tweed; often associated with Sherlock Holmes.
- A variation of this coat, the "coachman's cape": the shoulder cape does not extend around the back but is made of two segments, the length of each being sewn into the seam of the coat on either side.
Anagrams
- nerviness, rivenness
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Inverness.
Proper noun
Inverness f
- Inverness (a city in Scotland)