Home > Edinburgh
Edinburgh viewed from Arthur's Seat. See also for a panoramic view from Holyrood Park towards Ocean Terminal.Edinburgh (pronounced ED-in-burra ( SAMPA: ["Ed@n%b@r@])), Dùn Éideann in Scottish Gaelic, is a major and historic city on the east coast of Scotland on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, and in the unitary local authority of City of Edinburgh. It has been the capital of Scotland since 1492 and is the site of the Scottish Parliament, which was re-established in 1999. The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. In the census of 2001 Edinburgh had a total resident population of 448,624.
The origin of the city's name is understood to come from the Brythonic Din Eidyn (Fort of Eidyn) from the time when it was a GododdinGododdin or in its earlier version Guotodin, refers to both the people and to the region of a Dark Ages British kingdom south of the Firth of Forth, extending from the Stirling area to the Northumberland kingdom of 'Brynaich', and including what are now t hillfort, perhaps, as David Nash Ford suggests, when it was the home of the mid- 6th century5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known King Clinog Eitin whose epithet records the placename. After it was besieged by the BerniciaBernicia ( Brythonic, "Brynaich") was a kingdom of the Angles in northern England during the 6th and 7th centuries AD. It later merged with the kingdom of Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria. Its territory is said to have stretched from the Tyne nortn Angles the name changed to Edin-burh, which some have argued derives from the Anglo-Saxon for Edwin's fort, possibly derived from the 7th century6th century 7th century 8th century other centuries) Events The religion of Islam starts in Arabia, the Qur'an is revealed, and Arabs spread Islam into Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, North Africa and Central Asia. Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern NorthumbriaNorthumbria was one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England, named because it was to the north of the River Humber. It was one of the Heptarchy. The name survives as an alternative description for North East England, which formed the heartland of the Kingdn king EdwinEdwin (alternately Eadwine or duini c. 584 October 12, 632/ 633) was the King of Northumbria from about 616 until his death. He converted to Christianity and was baptised in 627; after he fell at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, he was regarded as a saint an. However, since the name apparently predates King Edwin, this is highly unlikely.
Edinburgh is well known for the Edinburgh Festival, a collection of several arts festivals, and for the Hogmanay celebrations which are becoming one of the largest in the world.
1 Nicknames etc
Edinburgh's nicknames, or epithets include "Edina" "Embra" and "Embro". The city is also affectionately nicknamed "Auld Reekie" (Old Smokey). Some have called it the " Athens of the North" in reference to its neoclassical Georgian architecture (including the National Monument; see below) and its 18th century intellectual life, sometimes referred to as the Scottish Enlightenment and among which shone beacons like David Hume and Adam Smith. One writer facetiously said that the " Reykjavik of the South" would be more appropriate!
It has also been known as "Dunedin", deriving from the Scottish Gaelic, Dùn Éideann. Dunedin, New Zealand, was originally called "New Edinburgh", and is still nicknamed "The Edinburgh of the South".
