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1090:Liberton
1055:Comiston
496:Clerwood
492:Drumbrae
472:Scotland
421:Scotland
361:Scottish
349:Scottish
337:Scotland
278:Scotland
229:NT196743
207:Scotland
1511:Trinity
1461:Granton
1416:Cramond
1382:Boswall
1373:Barnton
1319:Shandon
1294:Oxgangs
1214:Chesser
1194:Balerno
1100:Moredun
951:Niddrie
931:Lochend
871:Bingham
799:31 July
535:Schools
502:History
272:Country
82:scholar
1562:Pinkie
1486:Pilton
1441:Drylaw
1259:Gorgie
1229:Currie
1204:Bonaly
966:Pilrig
775:
721:
686:(2011)
679:(2017)
593:84.9%
488:Gorgie
332:Police
84:
77:
70:
63:
55:
1391:Cammo
1239:Dalry
921:Leith
916:Joppa
665:fame
637:1.9%
631:Other
626:2.5%
620:Mixed
615:2.1%
609:Black
604:8.6%
601:10.1%
598:Asian
590:85.3%
587:White
484:Leith
89:JSTOR
75:books
801:2021
773:ISBN
739:link
719:ISBN
634:1.6%
623:1.4%
612:1.6%
486:and
344:Fire
322:0131
61:news
311:EH4
44:by
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735:}}
731:{{
547:.
494:,
470:,
416:UK
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