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Elgin in British English
(ˈɛlɡɪn)
noun
a market town in NE Scotland, the administrative centre of Moray, on the River Lossie: ruined 13th-century cathedral: distilling, engineering. Pop: 20 829 (2001)
Elgin in American English
(ˈɛldʒɪn)
city in NE Ill., near Chicago: pop. 94,000
Word origin
after the title of a Scots hymn written in honor of the town of Elgin, ScotlandImage ofElgin
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