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Edinburgh.

The capital city of Scotland.

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  1. The capital city of Scotland.

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

  3. A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.

  4. A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.

  5. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

  6. An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.

  7. Short for Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.

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  8. A royal dukedom.

Where this word comes from

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.

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