Meanings
- The capital city of Scotland.
The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled last year that Rosebank and Jackdaw had been unlawfully approved because the government had failed to take into account the climate impact of burning extracted oil and gas from the sites.
2026 September 4, Simon Jack, “Controversial Jackdaw gas field set to be approved in weeks, sources say”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026 - A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
- A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
- A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
- An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
- abbreviationShort for Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
Origin
- Old Englishburg“castle, stronghold”
- Proto-Celtic*dūnom“stronghold”
- Old WelshEidyn
- Middle EnglishEdynburgh
- EnglishEdinburgh
From Middle English Edynburgh, from Old Welsh Eidyn, a Celtic/Brythonic region of uncertain origin (possibly a personal name; compare Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”)) + Old English burg (“castle, stronghold”). The English name was probably a calque from Old Welsh (cf. Din Eidyn). More at Eidyn and Etymology of Edinburgh.
More words from Middle English, Old Welsh, Proto-Celtic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Edinburg
- Edinburgcapital of Scotland
Arabic إِدِنْبُرَة, إِدِنْبْرَة
- إِدِنْبُرَة (ʔidinbura)capital of Scotland
- إِدِنْبْرَة (ʔidinbra)capital of Scotland
- أَدِنْبُرَة (ʔadinbura)capital of Scotland
- أَدِنْبْرَة (ʔadinbra)capital of Scotland
Basque Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Bengali এডিনবরা
- এডিনবরা (eḍinbora)capital of Scotland
Bulgarian Е́динбург
- Е́динбург (Édinburg)capital of Scotland
Catalan Edimburg
- Edimburgcapital of Scotland
Chinese Cantonese 愛丁堡 /爱丁堡
- 愛丁堡 /爱丁堡 (oi³ ding¹ bou²)capital of Scotland
Chinese Mandarin 愛丁堡 /爱丁堡
- 愛丁堡 /爱丁堡 (Àidīngbǎo)capital of Scotland
Czech Edinburgh, Edinburk
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
- Edinburkcapital of Scotland
Danish Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Dutch Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Esperanto Edinburgo
- Edinburgocapital of Scotland
Estonian Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Finnish Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
French Édimbourg
- Édimbourgcapital of Scotland
German Edinburg, Edinburgh
- Edinburgcapital of Scotland
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Greek Εδιμβούργο
- Εδιμβούργο (Edimvoúrgo)capital of Scotland
Hawaiian Ekinipāla
- Ekinipālacapital of Scotland
Hebrew אֶדִינְבּוֹרוֹ
- אֶדִינְבּוֹרוֹ (edinboro)capital of Scotland
Hindi एडिनबर्ग
- एडिनबर्ग (eḍinbarg)capital of Scotland
Hungarian Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Icelandic Edinborg
- Edinborgcapital of Scotland
Indonesian Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Irish Dún Éideann
- Dún Éideanncapital of Scotland
Italian Edimburgo
- Edimburgocapital of Scotland
Japanese エディンバラ
- エディンバラ (Edinbara)capital of Scotland
Korean 에든버러
- 에든버러 (Edeunbeoreo)capital of Scotland
Latin Edinburgum, Edenburgum
- Edinburgumcapital of Scotland
- Edenburgumcapital of Scotland
Latvian Edinburga
- Edinburgacapital of Scotland
Lithuanian Edinburgas
- Edinburgascapital of Scotland
Malay Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Māori Erinipara
- Eriniparacapital of Scotland
Norwegian Bokmål Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Persian ادینبرو
- ادینبرو (edinborô)capital of Scotland
Polish Edynburg
- Edynburgcapital of Scotland
Portuguese Edimburgo
- Edimburgocapital of Scotland
Punjabi ਐਡਿਨਬਰਾ
- ਐਡਿਨਬਰਾ (aiḍinbarā)capital of Scotland
Romanian Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Russian Э́динбург
- Э́динбург (Édinburg)capital of Scotland
Scottish Gaelic Dùn Èideann, Dùn Éideann
- Dùn Èideanncapital of Scotland
- Dùn Éideanncapital of Scotland
Slovak Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Spanish Edimburgo
- Edimburgocapital of Scotland
Swahili Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Swedish Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Tagalog Edimburgo, Edinburgh
- Edimburgocapital of Scotland
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Tamil எடின்பரோ
- எடின்பரோ (eṭiṉparō)capital of Scotland
Thai เอดินบะระ
- เอดินบะระ (ee-din-bà-rá)capital of Scotland
Turkish Edinburgh
- Edinburghcapital of Scotland
Ukrainian Единбу́рг
- Единбу́рг (Edynbúrh)capital of Scotland
Urdu اِیڈِنْبْرا, اِیڈِن٘بْرا
- اِیڈِنْبْرا (īḍinbrā)capital of Scotland
- اِیڈِن٘بْرا (īḍimbrā)capital of Scotland
- اَیڈِنْبْرا (aiḍinbrā)capital of Scotland
Vietnamese Ê-đin-brơ
- Ê-đin-brơcapital of Scotland
Welsh Caeredin
- Caeredincapital of Scotland
Yiddish עדינבורג
- עדינבורג (edinburg)capital of Scotland
Cite this entry
Edinburgh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edinburgh
“Edinburgh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edinburgh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Edinburgh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edinburgh.
Source: Edinburgh on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.