Lothian

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historic region traditional region of Scotland

Lothian is a historic region in southeastern Scotland that encompasses the capital city of Edinburgh and its surrounding areas.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lothian region	1
Lothians	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic region ⓘ traditional region of Scotland ⓘ
annexationApproxDate	10th century ⓘ
borders	Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Borders ⓘ
category	Historic regions in Scotland ⓘ Regions of Scotland ⓘ
coast	Firth of Forth ⓘ
contains	Edinburgh ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
governedTodayBy	City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ East Lothian Council area ⓘ surface form: East Lothian Council Midlothian Council NERFINISHED ⓘ West Lothian Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Edinburgh Airport ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	North Sea ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	City of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ East Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ Midlothian ⓘ West Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailOperatorNamedAfter	Lothian Buses ⓘ
hasTown	Bathgate ⓘ Dalkeith NERFINISHED ⓘ Haddington ⓘ Livingston ⓘ Musselburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportHub	Edinburgh Waverley ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh Waverley railway station
hasUniversity	Edinburgh Napier University ⓘ Heriot-Watt University ⓘ Queen Margaret University ⓘ University of Edinburgh ⓘ
historicalCapital	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Early modern period ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken	English ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter	ancient British tribe of the Gododdin (traditional attribution) ⓘ
regionOf	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
traditionalCountyIncludes	East Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Midlothian ⓘ West Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
wasPartOf	Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forth estuary → borderedBy → Lothian ⓘ

Tayside → borderedBy → Lothian ⓘ

Central Lowlands → contains → Lothian ⓘ

Lowlands → contains → Lothian ⓘ

Lothian and Fife → containsRegion → Lothian ⓘ

Bishopric of St Andrews → hadJurisdictionOver → Lothian ⓘ

Scottish mainland → hasRegion → Lothian ⓘ

Earls of Angus → heldLandsIn → Lothian ⓘ

Midlothian → historicRegion → Lothian ⓘ

Haddington → historicalRegion → Lothian ⓘ

Edinburgh → locatedIn → Lothian ⓘ

Edinburgh Airport → locatedIn → Lothian ⓘ

Leith → locatedIn → Lothian ⓘ

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh → locatedIn → Lothian ⓘ

South Queensferry → locatedIn → Lothian ⓘ

River Leith → locatedIn → Lothian ⓘ

subject surface form: Water of Leith

Inchgarvie Castle → locatedInRegion → Lothian ⓘ

Princes Street Gardens → locatedInRegion → Lothian ⓘ

NHS Lothian → operatesIn → Lothian ⓘ

Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route → passesThrough → Lothian ⓘ

Arthur’s Seat → region → Lothian ⓘ

Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh → region → Lothian ⓘ

subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard

Edinburgh International Festival → region → Lothian ⓘ

Edinburgh Napier University → region → Lothian ⓘ

Fidra Lighthouse → region → Lothian ⓘ

Forth Bridge → region → Lothian ⓘ

Forth bridges → region → Lothian ⓘ

Holyrood Abbey → region → Lothian ⓘ

Little France → region → Lothian ⓘ

Livingston → region → Lothian ⓘ

Longmore House → region → Lothian ⓘ

Newbattle Abbey → region → Lothian ⓘ

Queensferry Crossing → region → Lothian ⓘ

River Esk → region → Lothian ⓘ

Royal Hospital for Children and Young People → region → Lothian ⓘ

Saint Baldred of Tyninghame → region → Lothian ⓘ

St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh → region → Lothian ⓘ

Borders Railway → regionServed → Lothian ⓘ

Western General Hospital → regionServed → Lothian ⓘ

North British Railway → servedRegion → Lothian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lothians

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh → serves → Lothian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lothian region

EDB → servesRegion → Lothian ⓘ

Dunkeld dynasty → territorialExpansion → Lothian ⓘ

Royal Mile → touristRegion → Lothian ⓘ