English

Proper noun

Inverness

1. A city in Scotland
2. Any of several cities in the United States and Canada (and one county in Nova Scotia, Canada), named after the Scottish city

Translations

Noun

Inverness ‎(plural Invernesses)

1. 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.
2. 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.

Anagrams

• nerviness

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Inverness.

Proper noun

Inverness f

1. Inverness (a city in Scotland)