Elgin

[ el-jin el-gin ]

noun

1. a city in northeastern Illinois.
2. former name of Moray.

Elgin

/ ˈɛlɡɪn /

noun

1. a market town in NE Scotland, the administrative centre of Moray, on the River Lossie: ruined 13th-century cathedral: distilling, engineering. Pop: 20 829 (2001)

Example Sentences

Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney helped Greece fight for the return of the Elgin Marbles.

From The Daily Beast

First of all, the African American general manager in question is Elgin Baylor.

From The Daily Beast

First, Gus Johnson and Elgin Baylor took it into the air, where Connie Hawkins, Julius Erving and Michael Jordan have followed.

From The Daily Beast

Despite his injuries, he managed to regain flying status and commanded a flight wing at Elgin Air Force base.

From The Daily Beast

Last year, Elgin James premiered his first film at the Sundance Film Festival.

From The Daily Beast

We come now to speak of the Elgin marbles from the frieze of the Parthenon.

From Project Gutenberg

Goethe gave him a commission to execute copies of some of the figures in the Elgin marbles.

From Project Gutenberg

After Elgin's day the Governor General fell back into the role of constitutional monarch which cabinet control made easy for him.

From Project Gutenberg

On the grass about Elgin, a whole ship's load died of cholera, nearly forty years ago.

From Project Gutenberg

This is now the most flourishing settlement in eastern Oregon with a railway running through the valley to Elgin.

From Project Gutenberg