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From Wikipedia
"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 Gododdin hillfort, perhaps, as David Nash Ford suggests, when it was the home of the mid-6th century King Clinog Eitin whose epithet records the place name.
After it was besieged by the Bernician 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 century Northumbrian king Edwin. However, since the name apparently predates King Edwin, this is highly unlikely. "
I note the final sentence in the above quote - but when I was a girl, way back about the time of Culloden, the history of Edinburgh was taught in Edinburgh Schools that It was Dun Edin, then EdWins Borough then Edinburgh - I take on board that later historical research has meant that may no longer be taught or may be qualified as shown above.
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