Inverness

1. A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.

   Blackpool faces competition from Inverness, Ipswich, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Swindon and Wrexham.

   2026 September 4, Roger Johnson, Jenny Coleman, “Town's 'little bit of magic' hailed in culture bid”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026

2. A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
3. A rural community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.
5. A community in the suburb of Stocksund near Stockholm, Sweden.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
   2. A former census-designated place and now a neighborhood in the city of Hoover, Shelby County, Alabama; a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.
   3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, California.
   4. A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
   5. A city, the county seat of Citrus County, Florida.
   6. A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois.
   7. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
   8. A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
   9. A town in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
   10. A census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.

plural Invernesses

1. A type of overcoat constructed without sleeves and having a shoulder cape extending to the wrists. The best examples are quite heavy, made from Harris tweed; often associated with Sherlock Holmes.
2. A variation of this coat, the "coachman's cape": the shoulder cape does not extend around the back but is made of two segments, the length of each being sewn into the seam of the coat on either side.