Inverness

Meanings

Proper Noun

• city in and the administrative centre of Highland (council area) Scotland (constituent country).
• rural locality Shire of Livingstone (local government area) Queensland (state) Australia (country).
• rural community Inverness County (county) Nova Scotia (province) Canada (country).
• municipality Centre-du-Québec (region) Quebec (province) Canada (country).
• community, suburb city, Stockholm Sweden (country).
• (unincorporated) community Bullock County (county) Alabama (state).
• former CDP/and/neighborhood city, Hoover Shelby County (county) a suburb of city, Birmingham Alabama (state).
• (unincorporated) community/and/CDP Marin County (county) California (state).
• CDP Arapahoe County (county) Colorado (state).
• city, county seat Citrus County (county) Florida (state) USA (country).
• (suburban) village Cook County (county) Illinois (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Steuben County (county) Indiana (state).
• town Sunflower County (county) Mississippi (state).
• CDP Hill County (county) Montana (state).

Noun

• A type of overcoat constructed without sleeves and having a shoulder cape extending to the wrists. The best examples are quite heavy, made from Harris tweed; often associated with Sherlock Holmes.
• A variation of this coat, the "coachman's cape": the shoulder cape does not extend around the back but is made of two segments, the length of each being sewn into the seam of the coat on either side.

Origin

• From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.