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*[http://www.alanpotter-publicart.com/AP_Site/Mosaic/Pages/Elgin.html "Heart of Moray" Mosaic by Alan potter, High Street, Elgin] |
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*[http://www.alanpotter-publicart.com/AP_Site/Sculpture/Pages/Elgin.html "Elgin Tolbooth" sculpture by Alan Potter, High Street, Elgin] |
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Revision as of 07:22, 28 April 2008
Elgin, Moray (Scottish Gaelic: Eilginn) is a royal burgh and a former parliamentary burgh in Moray, Scotland. The origin of the name is obscure, but may be derived from Eilgín, "Little Ireland."[1]
Many other places around the world are also called Elgin, though the pronunciation is often quite different; the Scottish pronunciation is "ELG-IN" as opposed to "EL-JIN". The largest municipality of the name is Elgin, Illinois, with a current population over 100,000.
Cities
- South Africa
- United States
Locations
- Elgin Bridge, Singapore a bridge spanning the Singapore river just before Boat Quay.
- Elgin Street, Hong Kong, a street in Central, Hong Kong
Other uses
People
- Elgin Baylor, former professional basketball player.
- Mike Elgin, offensive guard for the New England Patriots
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Canadian governor.
- Suzette Elgin, dcience fiction author and linguist
Groups
- The Elgins: An early name used by the pre-David Ruffin era Temptations
- The Elgins: A Motown group active from 1962 — 1967
- The Elgin Theater, noted for showing midnight movies during the 1970s.
- Elgin National Watch Company
- The Elgin Sweeper Company, maker of street sweeping equipment.
Things
- Elginia, a turtle-like parareptile of the Late Permian period
- The Elgin Marbles, Greek bas-reliefs housed at the British Museum
- Elgin tablets, a name for a tablet (confectionery)