Edinburgh

[ ed-n-bur-uh, -buhr-uhor, especially British, -bruh ]

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noun

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

Edinburgh

/ -brə; ˈɛdɪnbərə /

noun

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)
City of
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)

Edinburgh

/ -brə; ˈɛdɪnbərə /

noun

Edinburgh, Duke of1921MBritishPOLITICS: royal family member Duke of, title of Prince Philip Mountbatten. born 1921, husband of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Edinburgh

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.

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The proposed development – which would be one of the largest in the world – consists of up to 307 turbines across an area four times the size of Edinburgh.

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Sentencing is due to take place on 5 June in Edinburgh.

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In Scotland many other Catholics will follow the funeral on TV, while a Requiem Mass for Pope Francis will be held at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh on Monday.

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Since March there has been a series of assaults, shootings and firebombing incidents in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

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Is this your first major stand-up show since your Edinburgh Fringe show “�� Is Love Baby Don’t Hurt Me” in 2018?

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