Edinburgh

Edinburgh
Edinburgh older than King Edwin of Northumbria (who often is credited as the source of the name); originally Din Eidyn, Celtic, perhaps lit. "fort on a slope." Later the first element was trimmed off and O.E. burh "fort" added in its place." Dunedin in New Zealand represents an attempt at the original form.

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  • Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Edinburgh — Edinburgh …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edinburgh — • Derives its name from the time (about A.D. 620) when the fortress of Edwin s burgh was raised on a lofty spur of the Pentland Hills, overlooking the Firth of Forth, and established the Anglian dominion in the northern part of the Northumbrian… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Edinburgh — Umgebung von Edinburgh …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Edinburgh — Edinburgh, Schottlands Hauptstadt, der Sitz der alten Könige von Schottland, der romantische Schauplatz so mancher W. Scott schen Dichtung, der Ort, wo Maria Stuart, die schönste und unglücklichste der Königinnen, die Blüthentage ihres Glückes… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Edinburgh — Edinburgh, IN U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 4505 Housing Units (2000): 1894 Land area (2000): 2.842629 sq. miles (7.362374 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.842629 sq. miles (7.362374… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Edinburgh, IN — U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 4505 Housing Units (2000): 1894 Land area (2000): 2.842629 sq. miles (7.362374 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.842629 sq. miles (7.362374 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Edinburgh — (Мареанске Лазне,Чехия) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: Ruska 310, Мареанске Лазне, 3 …   Каталог отелей

  • EDINBURGH — EDINBURGH, capital of scotland . No trace of Jews is to be found in medieval Scotland generally. Apart from individual Jews, a community possibly existed in Edinburgh at the close of the 18th century, but the present congregation was established… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Edinburgh — (spr. edd nbŏrŏ), Hauptstadt von Schottland und der schott. Grafsch. E. oder Mid Lothian, unweit des Forthbusens, am Unionkanal (nach Glasgow), mit der Hafenstadt Leith zusammenhängend, (1904) 331.977 E.; altes Residenzschloß der schott. Könige… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Edinburgh — Edinburgh, Hauptstadt Schottlands, besteht aus der Altstadt u. Neustadt u. ist mit der Hafenstadt Leith durch eine Häuserreihe verbunden. Die Altstadt, von der Neustadt durch ein überbrücktes Thal getrennt, hat enge, winkelige Straßen, hohe… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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