name · noun · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Scotland:/ˈɪn.vəɹˌnɛs/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɪn.vəˌnɛs/
General-American:/ˈɪn.vɚˌnɛs/
CMU ARPABET:IH1 N V ER0 N EH2 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.
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Meaning 2
A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
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Meaning 3
A rural community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Meaning 4
A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.
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Meaning 5
A community in the suburb of Stocksund near Stockholm, Sweden.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
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Meaning 7
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.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, California.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Citrus County, Florida.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
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Meaning 14
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
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Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.
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noun
Meaning 16
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.
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noun
Meaning 17
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.
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History
Etymology
From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Breton:
Inbhir Nis
— city in Scotland
Chinese Mandarin:
印威內斯 /印威内斯
— city in Scotland
Czech:
Inverness
— city in Scotland
Finnish:
Inverness
— city in Scotland
French:
Inverness
— city in Scotland
German:
Inverness
— city in Scotland
Irish:
Inbhear Nis
— city in Scotland
Italian:
Inverness
— city in Scotland
Japanese:
インヴァネス
— city in Scotland
Korean:
인버네스
(inbeoneseu)
— city in Scotland
Lithuanian:
Invernesas
— city in Scotland
Manx:
Inbhir Nis
— city in Scotland
Marathi:
इंव्हरनेस
(iuvharnes)
— city in Scotland
Portuguese:
Inverness
— city in Scotland
Russian:
Инвернесс
(Inverness)
— city in Scotland
Scots:
Innerness
— city in Scotland
Scottish Gaelic:
Inbhir Nis
— city in Scotland
Spanish:
Inverness
— city in Scotland
Ukrainian:
Інвернесс
(Inverness)
— city in Scotland