INVERNESS

Etymology

Proper noun

Inverness

A city in and the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.

A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.

A rural community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

A municipality of Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.

A suburb, Stockholm, Sweden.

An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.

A former census-designated place and neighborhood in Hoover, Shelby County, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, California.

A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

A city, the county seat of Citrus County, Florida, United States.

A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana.

A town in Sunflower County, Mississippi.

A census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.

Noun

Inverness (plural Invernesses)

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.

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.