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new edinburgh

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
new ed-in-burgh
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

A community founded in 1783, currently located in Clare district municipality, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

name

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.)

Etymology

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

Questions

What does new edinburgh mean?
The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), now Sukunya, a.k.a. Puerto Escocés (Spanish for “Port Scotland”).
Where does new edinburgh come from?
Named for Edinburgh, both then and now the capital city of Scotland.

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