Edinburgh

English Etymology of + <dab!> Etymology en gmw-pro gem-pro ine-pro From en enm Edynburgh, from en owl Eidyn, a en cel -/en cel-bry - region of uncertain origin (possibly a personal name; compare en cel-pro *dūnom stronghold) + en ang burg castle, stronghold. The English name was probably a enm owl - 1 1 (cf. owl Din Eidyn). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh. Pronunciation en /ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/ UK,AU,NZ, en [ˈɛd.n̩.bə.ɹə], en /ˈɛd.ɪn.bɹə/ (usual pronunciation in England and Scotland) en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Edinburgh.wav London en En-uk-Edinburgh.ogg Estuary English en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-Edinburgh.wav Australia ĕdʹĭn-bŭr-ə US,CA en /ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.oʊ/ /ˈɛd.ɪn.bʌɹ.ə/ /ˈɛd.ən.bʌɹ.ə/ /ˈɛd.ənˌbɝ.ə/ Proper noun en capital city cc/Scotland. en 4 September 2026 Simon Jack Controversial Jackdaw gas field set to be approved in weeks, sources say https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9xe09jz4eo BBC News The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted oil and gas from the sites. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261006195402/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9xe09jz4eo 6 October 2026 en council area cc/Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996. en town co/Bartholomew County co/Johnson County and co/Shelby County s/Indiana c/USA. en ghost town twp:Suf/Scioto co/Delaware County s/Ohio c/USA. en town p:suf/Mpumalanga c/South Africa. en outer northern suburb city/Adelaide in the city:Pref/Salisbury s/South Australia. en Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. A royal dukedom. Derived terms en Edinburger Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Edinburghian eupad eusol New Edinburgh Translations capital of Scotland Afrikaans: af Edinburg Albanian: sq Edinburg m Amharic: am ኤዲንቦሮ Arabic: ar إِدِنْبُرَة f, ar إِدِنْبْرَة f, ar أَدِنْبُرَة f, ar أَدِنْبْرَة f Armenian: hy Էդինբուրգ Asturian: ast Edimburgu m Azerbaijani: az Edinburq Basque: eu Edinburgh Belarusian: be Эдынбу́рг Bengali: bn এডিনবরা Breton: br Dinedin Bulgarian: bg Е́динбург m Burmese: my အက်ဒင်ဗာရာ Catalan: ca Edimburg Chechen: ce Эдинбург Chinese: Cantonese: yue 愛丁堡 oi3 ding1 bou2 Mandarin: cmn 愛丁堡 Àidīngbǎo Cornish: kw Karedin Corsican: co Edimburgu f Czech: cs Edinburgh m, cs Edinburk m obsolete Danish: da Edinburgh n Dutch: nl Edinburgh n Esperanto: eo Edinburgo Estonian: et Edinburgh Faroese: fo Edinburgh Finnish: fi Edinburgh French: fr Édimbourg f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Edinburch Galician: gl Edimburgo Georgian: ka ედინბურგი German: de Edinburg n, de Edinburgh n from English Greek: el Εδιμβούργο n Hawaiian: haw Ekinipāla Hebrew: he אֶדִינְבּוֹרוֹ f edinboro Hindi: hi एडिनबर्ग m Hungarian: hu Edinburgh Icelandic: is Edinborg f Ido: io Edinburgh Indonesian: id Edinburgh Irish: ga Dún Éideann m Italian: it Edimburgo f Japanese: ja エディンバラ Edinbara Kannada: kn ಎಡಿನ್‌ಬರ್ಗ್‌‌ Kashubian: csb Edinburgh m Kazakh: kk Эдинбург Khmer: km អេឌីនបួរ Korean: ko ^에든버러 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Edinburgh Kyrgyz: ky Эдинбург Lao: lo ເອແດມບວກ Latin: la Edinburgum n, la Edenburgum n Latvian: lv Edinburga f Lithuanian: lt Edinburgas m Macedonian: mk Единбург m Malay: ms Edinburgh Malayalam: ml എഡിൻബറോ Maltese: mt Edimbera Manx: gv Doon Edin Māori: mi Erinipara Marathi: mr एडिनबरा Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Эдинбург Nepali: ne एडिनवर्ग Norman: nrf Êdîmbourg Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Edinburgh Nynorsk: nn Edinburgh Old Norse: non Edinborg Ossetian: os Эдинбург Persian: fa ادینبرو edinborô Polish: pl Edynburg m Portuguese: pt Edimburgo f Punjabi: pa ਐਡਿਨਬਰਾ Romanian: ro Edinburgh Russian: ru Э́динбург m Scots: sco Edinburgh, sco Embra, sco Edinburrie Scottish Gaelic: gd Dùn Èideann m, gd Dùn Éideann m superseded spelling Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Единбург m Latin: sh Edinburgh m, sh Edinburg m Sicilian: scn Edimburgu m Slovak: sk Edinburgh m Slovene: sl Edinburg m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Edinburgh Upper Sorbian: hsb Edinburgh Spanish: es Edimburgo m Swahili: sw Edinburgh Swedish: sv Edinburgh n Tagalog: tl Edimburgo, tl Edinburgh Tajik: tg Единбург Tamil: ta எடின்பரோ Tatar: tt Эдинбург Telugu: te ఎడిన్‌బరా Thai: th เอดินบะระ Turkish: tr Edinburgh Turkmen: tk Edinburg Ukrainian: uk Единбу́рг m Urdu: ur اِیڈِنْبْرا m, ur اِیڈِن٘بْرا m, ur اَیڈِنْبْرا m Uzbek: uz Edinburg Vietnamese: vi Ê-đin-brơ Welsh: cy Caeredin f Old Welsh: owl Din Eidyn Yiddish: yi עדינבורג n See also en Edinburg en terms suffixed with -burgh Czech Alternative forms cs Edinburk Pronunciation Proper noun m-in cs capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh cs council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh Declension m.sg Danish Proper noun da proper noun da capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh da council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh Dutch Proper noun n nl capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh nl council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh et council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh German Pronunciation de /ˈɛdɪnˌbaɹə/ de De-Edinburgh.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh de council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh Norwegian Bokmål Proper noun nb proper noun nb capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh nb council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh Norwegian Nynorsk Proper noun nn proper noun nn capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh nn council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh Swedish Proper noun n sv capital city cc/Scotland Edinburgh sv council area cc/Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh