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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This included three dates at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, in August 2025, when they played to 200,000 fans.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The fire happened on 9 July, with Princes Street's reopening coming two days before the last day of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Plans for a new Scottish event to replace the Edinburgh TV Festival have been launched.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Edinburgh council leader Jane Meagher said she was delighted the thoroughfare was reopening but acknowledged it had been a difficult chapter for the city.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
I knew that we were to refer to her as “Your Majesty,” while her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, went by “Your Royal Highness.”
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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