Edinburgh
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Duke of. Philip.
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a city in and the capital of Scotland, in the SE part: administrative center of the Lothian region.
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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)
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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)
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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.
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Fire crews are battling a large blaze on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
She was born in Edinburgh, married in Rhodesia, spent World War II in and around London and, once she became famous, circulated through New York, Rome and Tuscany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
When treating Spark’s school days, Mr. Bailey attempts to blend an account of Edinburgh in the 1930s with a history and analysis of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” Spark’s most popular book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Two rare snow leopard cubs have been born at the park, alongside Himalayan monals and red deer, as well as Bru the capybara, Snoot the giant armadillo and Atty the sloth at Edinburgh Zoo.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The author of the review was an unlikely critic of Darwin’s work: a mathematician-engineer and inventor from Edinburgh named Fleeming Jenkin, who had rarely written about biology.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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