New Edinburgh

proper noun

The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), now Sukunya, a.k.a. Puerto Escocés (Spanish for “Port Scotland”).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historyThe capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), now Sukunya, a.k.a. Puerto Escocés (Spanish for “Port Scotland”).
  2. A community founded in 1783, currently located in Clare district municipality, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A settlement in Ontario, Canada, established in 1829, incorporated as a village of that name in 1867, and annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1887, of which it now forms a neighbourhood in its Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. (The affluent neighbourhood is notable as the location of the official residences of both the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.)

Origin

Named for Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland.

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APA

New Edinburgh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Edinburgh

MLA

“New Edinburgh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Edinburgh. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Edinburgh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Edinburgh.

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