Waverley
Edinburgh's main terminus
Waverley is a place name appearing across the English-speaking world—suburbs of Sydney and Johannesburg, districts in Scotland and New Zealand, streets in countless cities.
Most trace back to Walter Scott's 1814 novel *Waverley*, which launched his career and the historical fiction genre.
The name suggests wavering or indecision, fitting Scott's protagonist caught between opposing loyalties.
Name of Scottish origin
- novelNew and unusual
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- historical fictionNovels set in actual pasts
- JacobiteSupporter of exiled Stuarts
protagonist · bildungsroman · 1814 · Highland · chivalry · romance · rebellion · narrative
Scotland's seat of government
- suburbOutlying residential district
- stationFixed stopping point
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
mall · shopping centre · route · district · neighborhood · transit · commuter · terminus
Scott
Name of Scottish origin
- novelNew and unusual
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- historical fictionNovels set in actual pasts
Jacobite · protagonist · bildungsroman · 1814 · Highland · chivalry · romance · rebellion · narrative · English literature
Edinburgh
Scotland's seat of government
Scotland · mall · shopping centre · route · district · neighborhood · transit · commuter · terminus · platform
Edinburgh
Scotland's seat of government
rail hub · departure · arrival · concourse · clock · commuters · timetable · ticket office · tracks · steam era
series
Ordered set of related items
pen name · tribute · homage · legacy · collected works · volumes · canon · bibliography · publisher · edition
WaverleyUlysses
Greek hero, Latinized
realism · modernism · naturalism · Middlemarch · social realism
waver, wavering, waiver, wavers, waiving, waived, waveringly, wavery