# Edinburgh

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɛd.ɪn.bə.ɹə/ · frequency rank #4,444

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Scotland.
2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
3. A town in Bartholomew County, Johnson County and Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
4. A ghost town in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States.
5. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
6. An outer northern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Salisbury, South Australia.
7. A royal dukedom.

## Etymology
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.

## Common misspellings (14)
`deinburgh`, `eddinburgh`, `edibnurgh`, `edinbburgh`, `edinbrugh`, `edinbugrh`, `edinburggh`, `edinburghh`, `edinburhg`, `edinburrgh`, `edinnburgh`, `edinubrgh`, `edniburgh`, `eidnburgh`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/edinburgh