Inverness
/ˈɪn.vəɹˌnɛs/ · name
Meaning
- An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
- A variation of this coat, the "coachman's cape": the shoulder cape does not extend around the back but is made of two segments, the length of each being sewn into the seam of the coat on either side.
- A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.
- A type of overcoat constructed without sleeves and having a shoulder cape extending to the wrists. The best examples are quite heavy, made from Harris tweed; often associated with Sherlock Holmes.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A former census-designated place and now a neighborhood in the city of Hoover, Shelby County, Alabama; a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.
- A rural community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A community in the suburb of Stocksund near Stockholm, Sweden.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
- A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.
Etymology / origin
From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.
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