Other names

• Auld Reekie (Scots for Old Smoky)

• Athens of the North and Auld Greekie

• Dunedin from the Scottish Gaelic, Dù n È ideann.

• The Scots poets Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson sometimes used the city's Latin name, Edina.

• Ben Jonson described it as Britain's other eye, and Sir Walter Scott referred to the city as yon Empress of the North.

Do you know that …?

Read the facts characterizing Edinburgh sights and add your own information.

- There are over 4, 500 historical buildings within the city.

- Edinburgh had a total resident population of 448, 625.

- Edinburgh is well-known for the annual Edinburgh Festival.

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22. Using the schemes, describe the interior Edinburgh. Remember about: in the North/ South, there is/are.

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