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Corstorphine.

A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).

12 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr.

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