Editing Lothian (section)

== Etymology ==
The origin of the name is debated. It perhaps comes from the [[Common Brittonic|British]] ''*Lugudūniānā'' (''{{lang|cy|Lleuddiniawn}}'' in Modern Welsh spelling), meaning "country of the fort of [[Lugus]]", the latter being a [[Celtic deities|Celtic god]].<ref>Koch, John, ''Celtic Culture'', ABC-CLIO, 2006, p.&nbsp;1191.</ref> Alternatively, it may take its name from a watercourse that flows through the region, now known as the Lothian Burn,{{NoteTag|Also known as the [[Burdiehouse]], [[Niddrie, Edinburgh|Niddrie]], or [[Brunstane]] Burn as it passes through those neighbourhoods.}} the name of which comes from either the British ''lutna'' meaning "dark or muddy stream,"{{NoteTag|In contrast to the nearby Peffer Burn, the name of which comes from ''pefr'', 'clear stream'.}}<ref name="Harris">{{cite book |title = The Place Names of Edinburgh: their Origins and History |year = 2002 |last=Harris |first=Stuart |location = London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland |publisher=Steve Savage Publishers Ltd. |isbn = 978-1-904246-06-0 }}</ref> ''*lǭd'', with a meaning associated with flooding (cf. [[Leeds]]),<ref name="bliton">{{cite web |last = James |first = Alan |title = A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url = http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |website = SPNS – The Brittonic Language in the Old North |access-date = 2018-11-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |archive-date = 2017-08-13 |url-status = dead }}</ref> or ''lǖch'', meaning "bright, shining."<ref name="bliton" />

A popular legend is that the name comes from [[King Lot]], who is king of Lothian in the [[Arthurian legend]]. The usual Latin form of the name is ''Laudonia''.<ref name="Harris" />