Edinburgh
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- Names
Edinburgh
Duneideann
Edimburgo
Alata castra
Alatius burgus
Aneda
Edenburgum
Edinburgum
Edinum
Puellarum castra
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on S shore of Firth of Forth; inhabited by Romans in 2nd century and Lothians in 6th century; divided into 12th-century Old Town and 18th-century New Town; became major textile and industrial center in 18th century; noted for Georgian architecture.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Blue Guide: Scotland (1980); Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); Orbis Latinus (1971); Rand McNally Atlas (1986); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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