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Edinburgh
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thumb| Pompous the boast, and yet a truth it speaks: A "Modern Athens"—fit for modern Greeks. —James Hannay
Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh is the second-most populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom.
Quotes
Pompous the boast, and yet a truth it speaks: A "Modern Athens"—fit for modern Greeks.
James Hannay, "Modern Athens", in Temple Bar, vol. 21 (November 1867), p. 465
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