Edinburgh

American  

[ed-n-bur-uh, -buhr-uh, -bruh] / ˈɛd nˌbɜr ə, -ˌbʌr ə, -brə /

noun

1. Duke of. Philip.

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

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Edinburgh ¹ British  

/ -brə, ˈɛdɪnbərə /

noun

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

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Edinburgh ² British  

/ -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)

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Edinburgh Cultural  

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

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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.

Example Sentences

Mark Vigeant will appear in three shows, including his comedic solo show “Out There,” before it travels to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Phil on tour to the Proms in London and the Edinburgh International Festival in advance of four big nights at the Hollywood Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Dozens of protesters also gathered at St Andrew's Square in Edinburgh before marching along Princes Street shouting with blue flares and saltires.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Charles and Camilla joined members of the royal family, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, Zara and Mike Tindall and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

In 1785, Hutton worked his ideas up into a long paper, which was read at consecutive meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson