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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Photo of Edinburgh Castle and the National Gallery of Scotland from North Bridge. Photo #G3541

Picture taken looking along east Princes Street Gardens through the arches of the Scott Monument to the statue of Sir Walter Scott and the Balmoral Hotel. Photo #3743

View looking along West Princes Street Gardens towards the Caledonian Hotel and St Cuthbert's Church from the Floral Clock entrance in Princes Street Gardens. Photo #3664

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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