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New Edinburgh
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English
thumb|right|The location of New Edinburgh¹ indicated on the Isthmus of Panama, ashore of the Gulf of Darién.
Etymology
Named for en Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland.
Proper noun
New Edinburgh
en history The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of en New Caledonia (1698–1700), now und Sukunya, a.k.a. es Puerto Escocés Spanish for “Port Scotland”.
en A <<community>> founded in 1783, currently located in <<distmun/Clare>>, <<co/Digby County>>, <<p/Nova Scotia>>, <<c/Canada>>.
en settlement p/Ontario c/Canada, established in 1829, incorporated as a village of that name in 1867, and annexed by the City of en Ottawa in 1887, of which it now forms a neighbourhood in its en Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. (The affluent neighbourhood is notable as the location of the official residences of both the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.)
Translations
history: capital of New Caledonia
community in Nova Scotia
settlement in Ontario
Further reading
Darien scheme New Edinburgh (New Caledonia)
New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia New Edinburgh (Nova Scotia)
New Edinburgh New Edinburgh (Ontario)