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Scotland

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English Scotland, Scotlond, from Old English Sċotland (“Ireland", later also "Scotland”, literally “land of the Scots”), equivalent to Scot +‎ -land. Compare West Frisian Skotlân (“Scotland”), Dutch Schotland (“Scotland”), German Schottland (“Scotland”), Danish Skotland (“Scotland”), Icelandic Skotland (“Scotland”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɒt.lənd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑt.lənd/

• Audio (US):

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• (Scotland, Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔʔ.lənd/
• Hyphenation: Scot‧land

Proper noun

Scotland

2. A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.
   • 2000 July 15, Jonathan Freedland, “So far - so good”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 May 2014:

     Head east out of Auckland, around the Firth of Thames and into the Coromandel Peninsula, and you'll see enough hills, valleys and sheep to remind you of the Scotland or Wales that the pioneers left behind.

   • 2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

     Our main story this week is Scotland. Americans know it as the birthplace of Shrek, and, and that accent you think you can do but actually can’t.

   • 2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

     That’s right. Not even English flag poles can suddenly start treating Scotland with the respect it deserves. “Get this rag off me! Get it off! I can’t! Get this blue mess off me!”

3. A habitational surname referring to someone from Scotland.

Usage notes

• In the history of Scotland, the country's monarchs should not be described as "Kings of Scotland" but as "Kings of Scots".

Hyponyms

• Highlands, Lowlands

Derived terms

• bluebell of Scotland
• Kingdom of Scotland
• Little Scotland
• Scotland County
• Scotland-like
• Scotland of the East

Related terms

• Scotch
• Scottish
• Scots
• Scotsman
• Scotswoman

Translations

constituent country of the United Kingdom to the north of England

Afrikaans: Skotland (af) Albanian: Skocia (sq) f Amharic: ስኮትላንድ (səkotland) Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدَا f (ʔiskutlandā) Hijazi Arabic: إسكتلندا f (ʔiskutlanda) Armenian: Շոտլանդիա (Šotlandia), Սկովտիա (Skovtia) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܟܘܼܛܝܵܐ (skuṭia) Asturian: Escocia (ast) Azerbaijani: Şotlandiya (az) Bashkir: Шотландия (Şotlandiya) Basque: Eskozia (eu) Bavarian: Schottland Belarusian: Шатла́ндыя f (Šatlándyja), Шатля́ндыя f (Šatljándyja) Bengali: স্কটল্যান্ড (bn) (skôṭlyanḍ /⁠skôṭlænḍ⁠/) Breton: Bro-Skos (br) Bulgarian: Шотла́ндия f (Šotlándija) Burmese: စကော့တလန် (ca.kau.ta.lan) Carpathian Rusyn: Шко́ция f (Škócyja) Catalan: Escòcia (ca) f Chechen: Шотланди (Šotlandi) Cherokee: ᏍᎧᏘᎳᏂ (skatilani) Chinese: Cantonese: 蘇格蘭 / 苏格兰 (sou1 gaak3 laan4) Mandarin: 蘇格蘭 / 苏格兰 (zh) (Sūgélán) Cornish: Alban Corsican: Scozia f Czech: Skotsko (cs) n Danish: Skotland (da) n Dutch: Schotland (nl) n Esperanto: Skotlando Estonian: Šotimaa (et) Farefare: Sokotgo, Sikotgo, Sokotẽŋa, Sokotɩŋa Faroese: Skotland n Finnish: Skotlanti (fi) French: Écosse (fr) f Galician: Escocia (gl) Georgian: შოტლანდია (ka) (šoṭlandia) German: Schottland (de) n Greek: Σκωτία (el) f (Skotía) Gujarati: સ્કોટલેન્ડ (skoṭlenḍ) Hawaiian: Kekokia Hebrew: סְקוֹטְלַנְד f (sqóṭland), סְקוֹטִיָה f (sqóṭiyâ) Hindi: स्कॉटलैंड m (skŏṭlaiṇḍ) Hungarian: Skócia (hu) Icelandic: Skotland (is) n Ido: Skotia (io) Indonesian: Skotlandia (id) Interlingua: Scotia Irish: Albain (ga) f, Alba f (dated) Italian: Scozia (it) f Jamaican Creole: Skatlan Japanese: スコットランド (ja) (Sukottorando), 蘇格蘭 (ja) (すこっとらんど, Sukottorando) Kannada: ಸ್ಕಾಟ್‌ಲೆಂಡ್ (skāṭ‌leṇḍ) Kapampangan: Eskosia, Eskosya Kashubian: Szkòckô n Kazakh: Шотландия (kk) (Şotlandiä) Khmer: អេកូស (ʼeekouh), ប្រទេសស្កុត (prɑteeh skot), ស្កុតលែនដ៍ (skotlɛɛn) Korean: 스코틀랜드 (ko) (Seukoteullaendeu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Skotlenda (ku) Kyrgyz: Шотландия (ky) (Şotlandiya) Lao: ເອກົດ (ʼē kot) Latin: Caledonia f, Scotia f Latvian: Skotija f Lithuanian: Škotija (lt) f Low German: Schottland Macedonian: Шкотска (mk) f (Škotska) Malay: Scotland Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട്‌ലൻഡ് (skōṭṭ‌laṉḍŭ) Maltese: l-Iskozja f Manx: Albey, Nalbin Maori: Kōtarani, Koterangi Marathi: स्कॉटलंड (skŏṭlaṇḍa) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Шотланд (Šotland) Navajo: Ałnánoodǫ́ǫ́z dineʼé bikéyah Nepali: स्कटल्यान्ड (skaṭalyānḍa) Norman: Êcosse (Jèrriais) North Frisian: Schotlönj, Skotlun Norwegian: Bokmål: Skottland (no) Occitan: Escòcia (oc) f Old English: Scotland n Old French: Escoce f Old Norse: Skotland n Ossetian: Шотланди (Šotlandi) Pashto: سکاټلېنډ (ps), سکاټلينډ Persian: اسکاتلند (fa) (eskâtland) Polish: Szkocja (pl) f Portuguese: Escócia (pt) f Punjabi: ਸਕਾਟਲੈਂਡ (sakāṭlaiṇḍ) Rarotongan: Tēkōtia Romanian: Scoția f Romansch: Scozia f Russian: Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Šotlándija) Samoan: Sikotilandi, Sikotilani Sardinian: Iscòtzia f, Iscotzia f Saterland Frisian: Skotlound Scots: Scotland Scottish Gaelic: Alba (gd) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Шко̏тска f Roman: Škȍtskā (sh) f Sicilian: Scozzia f Silesian: Szkocyjo f Sinhalese: ස්කොට්ලන්තය (skoṭlantaya) Slovak: Škótsko (sk) n Slovene: Škótska (sl) f Somali: Skotland Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Šotiska f Upper Sorbian: Šotiska f Spanish: Escocia (es) f Swahili: Uskoti, Uskochi (sw) Swedish: Skottland (sv) n Tagalog: Eskosya Tajik: Шотландия (tg) (Šotlandiya) Tamil: ஸ்காட்லாந்து (skāṭlāntu) Tatar: Шотландия (Şotlandiyä) Telugu: స్కాట్లాండ్ (skāṭlāṇḍ) Tetum: please add this translation if you can Thai: สกอตแลนด์ (sà-gɔ́t-lɛɛn) Tibetan: སུའུ་ཀེ་ལན (su'u ke lan) Tongan: please add this translation if you can Tumbuka: Skotilandi Turkish: İskoçya (tr) Turkmen: Şotlandiýa Ukrainian: Шотландія (uk) f (Šotlandija) Urdu: اسکاٹ لینڈ m (askāṭ lainḍ), اسکاٹلینڈ m (askāṭlainḍ) Uyghur: شوتلاندىيە (shotlandiye) Uzbek: Shotlandiya Vietnamese: Xcốt-len (vi), Ê-cốt (vi), Tô Cách Lan Welsh: yr Alban f West Frisian: Skotlân (fy) Yiddish: שאָטלאַנד n (shotland)

See also

• Traditional Scottish counties

Anagrams

• cotlands

Middle English

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Sċott (“Scot”) +‎ land (“land”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sċotland

1. Scotland (a medieval kingdom in Northern Europe)

Old English

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Ispania

Īrland

Sċotland

Wēalas

Orcadas

Wiht

Engla land

Francland

Norþweġ

Frīsland

Denemearc

Germanie

Swēoland

Burgenda land

Sċedenīġ

Italia

Sicilie

Finna land

Ungerland

Ilirice

Pulgara land

Ēstland

Wendelsǣ

Mæcedonia

Grēcland

Syria

Sciþþia

Armenia

Etymology

Sċott (“Scot”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃot.lɑnd/

Proper noun

Sċotland n

1. land of the Scots in Hibernia, i.e. Ireland (a large island of Northern Europe)
2. land of the Scots in Britain, i.e. Scotland (a medieval kingdom in Northern Europe)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Sċotland	—
accusative	Sċotland	—
genitive	Sċotlandes	—
dative	Sċotlande	—

Synonyms

• (Ireland): Īrland, Īra land
• (Scotland): Sċotta land

Scots

Scots Wikipedia has an article on:

Scotland

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Proper noun

Scotland

1. Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)