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): /ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/, IPA(key): [ˈɛd.n̩.bə.ɹə], IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ɪn.bɹə/ (usual pronunciation in England and Scotland)
- (US, Canada) enPR: ĕdʹĭn-bŭr-ə IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə/, enPR: ĕdʹən-bŭr-ə IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ən.bʌɹ.ə/, enPR: ĕdʹən-bər-ə, IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.ə/
Proper noun
Edinburgh
- The capital city of Scotland.
- A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
- A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
- A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
- An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
- A royal dukedom.
Derived terms
Translations
capital of Scotland
- Afrikaans: Edinburg
- Albanian: Edinburg m
- Amharic: ኤዲንቦሮ (ʾedinboro)
- Arabic: إِدِنْبُرَة f (ʔidinbura), إِدِنْبْرَة f (ʔidinbra), أَدِنْبُرَة f (ʔadinbura), أَدِنْبْرَة f (ʔadinbra)
- Armenian: Էդինբուրգ (hy) (Ēdinburg)
- Asturian: Edimburgu m
- Azerbaijani: Edinburq
- Basque: Edinburgh
- Belarusian: Эдынбу́рг (Edynbúrh)
- Bengali: এডিনবরা (bn) (eḍinbora)
- 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, Edinburk m (obsolete)
- 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)
- Hawaiian: Ekinipāla
- Hebrew: אֶדִינְבּוֹרוֹ f (edinboro)
- Hindi: एडिनबर्ग m (eḍinbarg)
- Hungarian: Edinburgh (hu)
- Icelandic: Edinborg f
- Ido: Edinburgh
- Indonesian: Edinburgh
- Irish: Dún Éideann m
- Italian: Edimburgo (it) f
- Japanese: エディンバラ (ja) (Edinbara)
- Kannada: ಎಡಿನ್ಬರ್ಗ್ (eḍinbarg)
- Kashubian: Edinburgh m
- Kazakh: Эдинбург (Édinburg)
- 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 (Yedinburg)
- 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), اِیڈِن٘بْرا m (īḍimbrā), اَیڈِنْبْرا m (aiḍinbrā)
- Uzbek: Edinburg
- Vietnamese: Ê-đin-brơ
- Welsh: Caeredin (cy) f
- Old Welsh: Din Eidyn
- West Frisian: Edinburch
- Yiddish: עדינבורג n (edinburg)
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See also
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Edinburgh m inan
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Declension
Declension of Edinburgh (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)
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singular
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| nominative
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Edinburgh
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| genitive
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Edinburghu
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| dative
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Edinburghu
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| accusative
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Edinburgh
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| vocative
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Edinburghu
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| locative
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Edinburghu
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Edinburghem
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Danish
Proper noun
Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Dutch
Proper noun
Edinburgh n
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Estonian
Proper noun
Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Edinburgh n (proper noun, genitive Edinburghs or (optionally with an article) Edinburgh)
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Edinburgh
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Swedish
Proper noun
Edinburgh n (genitive Edinburghs)
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)