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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Photograph of Edinburgh Castle's south face with the Union flag at half-mast taken from the Grassmarket. Photo #G3205

Picture of Leith shorefront buildings and the Harpoon, taken from the Victoria Swing Bridge; in the distance, the Mary of Guise barge and the Ocean Mist boat now turned into a floating restaurant. Photo #G0848

Picture of Princes Street Gardens taken from the Scott Monument with Edinburgh Castle and the National Gallery of Scotland in the far center. Photo #3316

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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