# Musselburgh

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmʌsəlbəɹə/ · frequency rank #66,857

## Definitions
1. A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland; historically it was in Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3472).
2. A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, named after the Scottish town.

## Etymology
From mussel (“shellfish”) + burgh.

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