Edinburgh

[ed-n-bur-uh, -buhr-uh, -bruh]

noun

1. Duke of. Philip.

2. a city in and the capital of Scotland, in the SE part: administrative center of the Lothian region.

Edinburgh

¹

/ -brə, ˈɛdɪnbərə /

noun

1. the capital of Scotland and seat of the Scottish Parliament (from 1999), in City of Edinburgh council area on the S side of the Firth of Forth: became the capital in the 15th century; castle; three universities (including University of Edinburgh, 1583); commercial and cultural centre, noted for its annual festival. Pop: 430 082 (2001)

2. a council area in central Scotland, created from part of Lothian region in 1996. Pop: 448 370 (2003 est). Area: 262 sq km (101 sq miles)

Edinburgh

²

/ -brə, ˈɛdɪnbərə /

noun

1. Duke of, title of Prince Philip Mountbatten. born 1921, husband of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Edinburgh

1. Capital of Scotland, located in the Lothian region in the southeastern part; Scotland's banking and administrative center.

The University of Edinburgh, which was founded in the sixteenth century, is noted for its faculties of divinity, law, medicine, music, and the arts.

As a cultural center, Edinburgh was especially prominent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the philosophers David Hume and Adam Smith, the authors Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, and the scientist James Hutton were active.

Example Sentences

The gap at the top is now two, with the Edinburgh side having played a game more.

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After working as a journalist, Stoppard had a breakthrough when this absurdist romp debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe.

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It was first performed at the 1966 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and got a professional staging at London’s National Theatre in 1967.

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Sir Tom's career as a playwright did not take off until the 1960s when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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The draw at Fir Park left Edinburgh club Hearts five points clear of Celtic at the top of the table.

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