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Inverness

/ˈɪn.vəɹˌnɛs/ · name

Meaning

  1. An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
  2. 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.
  3. A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.
  4. 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.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A former census-designated place and now a neighborhood in the city of Hoover, Shelby County, Alabama; a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.
  7. A rural community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  8. A community in the suburb of Stocksund near Stockholm, Sweden.
  9. A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
  10. A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.

Etymology / origin

From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.

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