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

The South Shore operation came just weeks after a high-profile raid in suburban Elgin, where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined and posted a video of herself in tactical gear while agents made arrests.

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Leah Hobson was born in Dr Gray's in Elgin in 2004, and during the first weeks of her life she was visited by community midwife Carol Bennett.

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Leah went to Bishopmill Primary in the town as a young girl, and then Elgin Academy.

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"From Inverkeithing to Edinburgh, you will save 40% and between Inverness and Elgin it is 35% - so it's great news for our passengers."

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In the late 1940s, he left the University of Oregon after just one quarter and enrolled in a watchmaking school run by the Elgin National Watch Co.

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