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The place type in the list for Scotland records all inhabited areas as City. According to British government definitions, there are only eight Scottish cities; [1] they are Aberdeen, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling.
Following is a list of placenames of Scottish origin which have subsequently been applied to parts of the United States by Scottish emigrants or explorers. There are some common suffixes. Brae in Scottish means "hillside" or "river-bank". Burgh, alternatively spelled Burg, means "city" or "town".
The Gaelic name refers to the mountain; the English name comes from an adjacent loch. River Forth: An Abhainn Dubh Gaelic name means "The Black River". Rothesay: Baile Bhòid Gaelic name means "town of Bute". South Queensferry: Cas Chaolais "Caschillis" is an old form. A translation of the English name is sometimes used. St Kilda: Hiort
Since these names refer to rivermouths (or towns built on rivermouths), the elements aber and inver are the generic elements, whereas the other element (typically the name of the river) is the specific element, telling us which rivermouth is meant. A variation occurs when the confluence or estuary itself is made the specific element.
Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of a leading early settler, who was born in Scotland. Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers (Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde, etc.), and many places in Dunedin ...
This is a list of placenames in Scotland that have been applied to parts of Canada by Scottish emigrants or explorers. For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers and Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada
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Name in English [1] Name in Scottish Gaelic Nickname [1] Council area Year granted or confirmed Recognition of Church by King or bishopric established Population [2] Edinburgh: Dùn Èideann Auld Reekie City of Edinburgh ~1124 as a royal burgh [3] 1633 as a city [4] St Giles' Cathedral. St Giles founded in 1124 by David I of Scotland (or ...