Corstorphine

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proper noun

A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).

OriginScottish Gaelic cros →
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Meanings

proper nounCorstorphine (countable and uncountable, plural Corstorphines)

plural Corstorphines · alternative Carstarphen

  1. countableuncountableA suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).
  2. countableuncountableA suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaeliccros“cross”
  2. EnglishCorstorphine

Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr.

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APA

Corstorphine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corstorphine

MLA

“Corstorphine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corstorphine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Corstorphine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Corstorphine.

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