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Elgin may refer to:
Places
Canada
- Elgin, a community in Rideau Lakes, Ontario
- Elgin, Manitoba
- Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
- Elgin, New Brunswick, a community in Elgin Parish
- Elgin, Nova Scotia
- Elgin, Quebec
- Elgin County, Ontario
- Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Ontario
- Elgin Street (Ottawa), a street in the Downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Port Elgin, New Brunswick
Hong Kong
- Elgin Street, Hong Kong, a street in Central, Hong Kong
- Elgin Street, former name of Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
New Zealand
- Elgin, New Zealand, a suburb of Gisborne
South Africa
- Elgin, Western Cape, a large valley famous for deciduous farming, which lies to the south-east of Cape Town
United Kingdom
- Elgin, Moray, the administrative and commercial centre for Moray, Scotland, from which other names derive
- Elgin Crescent, a street in Notting Hill, London
- Elgin Street, Bacup, in Lancashire, one of the world's shortest streets
United States
- Elgin, Alabama
- Elgin, Arizona
- Elgin, Illinois
- Elgin station (Illinois), a train station
- Elgin, Iowa
- Elgin, Kansas
- Elgin, Minnesota
- Elgin (Natchez, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
- Elgin, Missouri
- Elgin, Nebraska
- Elgin, Nevada
- Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
- Elgin, North Dakota
- Elgin, Ohio
- Elgin, Oklahoma
- Elgin, Oregon
- Elgin, Pennsylvania
- Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina
- Elgin, Lancaster County, South Carolina
- Elgin, South Carolina (disambiguation)
- Elgin, Tennessee
- Elgin, Texas
- Elgin, Utah
- Elgin Township (disambiguation)
Constituencies and electoral districts
Canada
- Elgin (electoral district) (1935–1997), a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario
- Elgin (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was merged into the riding of Elgin-Middlesex
United Kingdom
- Elgin (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
- Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), a District of Burghs constituency from 1708 to 1918
- Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency), a county constituency from 1708 to 1832
People
- Elgin (name)
- Earl of Elgin or Lord Elgin, the title of several individuals
- Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), British diplomat
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863), Canadian governor
Art, entertainment, and media
Art
- The Elgin Marbles, Greek bas-reliefs housed at the British Museum
Literature
- The Elginists, an organization featured in Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novel A Room Full of Bones (2012) that describes itself as "dedicated to the return of cultural artefacts to their countries of origin", including the Elgin Marbles
Music
- Elgin (album), a 2011 album by American R&B singer and songwriter Ginuwine
- The Elgins, a Motown group active from 1962 to 1967
- "The Elgins", an early name used by The Temptations in their pre-David Ruffin era
Brands and enterprises
- Elgin (automobile), manufactured by Elgin Motor Car Corporation (1916–1923) and Elgin Motors, Inc. (1923–1924)
- The Elgin, a public house in Ladbroke Grove, London
- The Elgin, Darjeeling, the summer residence of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, converted to a hotel
- Elgin National Watch Company (1864–1968), a US watch company that sold watches under the names Elgin, Lord Elgin, and Lady Elgin
- Elgin tablets, a name for a tablet
- Glen Elgin, a single malt whisky from Speyside
Other uses
- Elgin Formation, a geologic formation in Minnesota, United States
- Elgin Park Secondary School, a high school in Surrey, British Columbia
- The Elgin–Franklin fields in the North Sea
See also
- Eglin (disambiguation)
- Elgin Academy (disambiguation)
- Elgin High School (disambiguation)
- Elgin Museum (disambiguation)
- Elgin Theatre (disambiguation)
- Elginia, a turtle-like parareptile of the Late Permian period
- Lady Elgin (disambiguation)
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