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Edie Sedgwick

Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971), American socialite, model, and Warhol superstar, muse of Andy Warhol at the Factory from March 1965 to January 1966, star of Poor Little Rich Girl and Outer and Inner Space, inspiration for Bob Dylan songs, died of barbiturate overdose at 28.

Edifenphos

Edifenphos (EDDP, Hinosan), CAS 17109-49-8, is an organophosphorus rice fungicide controlling blast, ear blight, and stem rot by inhibiting phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis; introduced 1966, now not approved in the EU or US.

Edifício Copan

Edifício Copan is a large curved residential building in central São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1951 and completed in 1966, with about 5,000 residents.

Edige

Edige (also Yedige or Edigu) is a Turkic heroic epic, or dastan, about Edigu, the emir who led the Golden Horde from 1395 to 1419 and founded the Nogai Horde.

EdiGene (博雅辑因)

EdiGene (博雅辑因) is a Chinese gene-editing therapeutics company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Beijing, with subsidiaries in Guangzhou and Cambridge, Massachusetts, developing CRISPR-based therapies including ET-01 for beta-thalassemia.

Edigu

Edigu (Едигей) was a statesman and military commander of the Golden Horde who effectively ruled it under the khans of 1400–1412, and whose 1408 raid on Moscow forced Rus to resume paying tribute.

Edigu's campaigns

Edigu's campaigns were the military operations of Edigu, the Manghit emir who ruled the Golden Horde's left wing from 1395 to 1419 without ever taking the title of khan.

Edigu's raid on Moscow

Edigu's raid on Moscow (Поход Едигея на Москву) was a 1408 Golden Horde invasion under Edigu that burned Moscow's posad but failed to take the Kremlin.

Edigu's siege of Moscow

Edigu's siege of Moscow (Нашествие Едигея) was the Golden Horde's 1408 invasion under emir Edigu, which burned Russian towns but failed to take the Kremlin.

Edik Beddoes

Edik Beddoes is a Canadian actor, street cast for his debut as Jeremy in Sophy Romvari's Blue Heron (2025); he won a 2026 Golden Firebird Best Actor award and a Canadian Screen Award nomination.

Edikted

Edikted is a private online fast-fashion brand for Generation Z, founded in Tel Aviv in 2020 by former Adika executives and headquartered in Los Angeles.

Edin Džeko

Edin Džeko, born 1986 in Sarajevo, is a Bosnian striker at Schalke 04 and Bosnia and Herzegovina's record scorer (74 goals) and most capped player (152), a Bundesliga, Premier League, and Coppa Italia winner who played at the 2014 and 2026 World Cups.

Edin's Hall Broch

Edin's Hall Broch (Edinshall Broch), a rare lowland Scottish Iron Age broch or large roundhouse on Cockburn Law, Berwickshire, set in a hillfort, with copper ingots indicating wealth from local mines.

Edina, Minnesota

Edina, Minnesota: first-ring Hennepin County suburb southwest of Minneapolis, population 53,494. Known for the 1924 Thorpe Brothers Country Club District, racial covenants, 2018 Comprehensive Plan, and Southdale Library rebuild.

Edinburg, Texas

Edinburg, Texas, county seat of Hidalgo County in the Rio Grande Valley, founded as Chapin in 1908 and renamed 1911. Population about 110,700 (2025 estimate); major employers include DHR Health, UTRGV, and Edinburg CISD.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann), Scotland's capital and council area, had 531,370 people in 2025, a UNESCO-listed Old and New Town, major festivals, and the UK's highest employment rate among major cities.

Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Airport, also known as Edinburgh International Airport, is Scotland's busiest commercial airport at Turnhouse, about 9 km west of the city center, with a single runway and terminal.

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle, also known as the Castle of the Maidens, is a fortress on Castle Rock in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the country's most visited paid tourist attraction.

Edinburgh Castle Rockers

The Edinburgh Castle Rockers are a Scottish professional T20 cricket franchise competing in the European T20 Premier League since its inaugural 2026 season, captained by New Zealand's Mitchell Santner.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Edinburgh Fringe): open-access performing arts festival held each August in Edinburgh since 1947, when eight uninvited companies played alongside the first Edinburgh International Festival; now the world's largest arts festival, run by the Fringe Society charity.

Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a literary festival held each August in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 1983, it hosts writers and readers through talks and debates.

Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), founded 1947 by Rudolf Bing, is Edinburgh's curated August festival of music, opera, theatre and dance, distinct from the open-access Fringe; directed since 2022 by Nicola Benedetti.

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival is an annual ten-day jazz and blues festival held in Edinburgh each July, founded in 1978 by Mike Hart.

Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh Napier University, formerly Napier Technical College (1964) and Napier University (1992), is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after mathematician John Napier; over 20,000 students, three campuses, top Scottish modern university in THE rankings 2027.

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, known locally as the Settlement, is the capital and only village on Tristan da Cunha, generally regarded as the world's most remote settlement.

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a 10-item self-report questionnaire screening for depression during pregnancy and postnatally, the most widely used such screening tool.

Edinburgh Review

The Edinburgh Review was a British quarterly review of books, politics, and ideas, published in Edinburgh from 1802 to 1929 and the leading organ of Whig opinion.

Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh Trams, also known as the Edinburgh tramway, is the tram system serving Edinburgh, Scotland, running from Edinburgh Airport through the city center to Leith and Newhaven.

Edinburgh Vaults

Edinburgh Vaults, also called the South Bridge Vaults, are about 120 stone chambers built into the 1788 South Bridge arches, used for storage, then slum housing, sealed by the mid-1800s, rediscovered in the 1980s, and now visited by guided tour only.

Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Edinburgh Waverley railway station, also known as Waverley station, is the principal national railway station of Edinburgh, Scotland, with 23 million passenger journeys in 2024-25.