Inverness

From Inver- +‎ Ness, from the River Ness.

Inverness

1. A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland.
2. A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
3. A rural community in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.
5. A community in the suburb of Stocksund near Stockholm, Sweden.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
   2. A former census-designated place, now a neighborhood of Hoover, Shelby County, Alabama; suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.
   3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, California.
   4. A census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
   5. A city, the county seat of Citrus County, Florida.
   6. A suburban village in Cook County, Illinois.
   7. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
   8. A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
   9. A town in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
   10. A census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.

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.

• nerviness, rivenness

Unadapted borrowing from English Inverness.

Inverness f

1. Inverness (a city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland)