Auld Reekie
Common nicknames for Dunedin are "Edinburgh of the South" and "Dunners".
The Gaelic name for Edinburgh is Dun Eideann - Dunedin in New Zealand is named after it. Edinburgh's nickname was Auld Reekie (Old Smokey).
You may be thinking of the nickname for Edinburgh, 'Auld Reekie' meaning Old Smelly. If something is 'reeking' it is stinking or very smelly, pungent.
No.Edinburgh Castle is not called Mons Meg. Mons Meg is the name of a huge historic cannon at Edinburgh Castle.There is no old volcano in Edinburgh (there was igneous activity 350 million years ago, and there are several volcanic plugs), and Auld Reekie is a nickname for the city of Edinburgh itself.
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Auld Reekie, which means Old Smoky in Scottish. This is because in olden days when other means of modern fuel was unavailable, chimneys would give lots of smoke.