New Edinburgh

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The capital of the short-lived Scottish colony of New Caledonia (1698–1700), Sukunya, Puerto Escocés .
  • A community founded in 1783, currently located in Clare (district municipality), Digby (county) County, Nova (province) Scotia, Canada (country).
  • settlement Ontario (province) Canada (country), 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. ()

Origin

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

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