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Scotland

Scotland

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Scotland

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

(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔt.lənd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskɒt.lənd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑt.lənd/
- Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: Scot‧land

Proper noun

Scotland

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^[1], 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!”
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

Related terms

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)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܟܘܼܛܝܵܐ (skuṭia)
Armenian: Շոտլանդիա (Šotlandia), Սկովտիա (Skovtia)
Asturian: Escocia (ast)
Azerbaijani: Şotlandiya (az)
Bashkir: Шотландия (Şotlandiya)
Basque: Eskozia (eu)
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
Old French: Escoce f
Frisian:
North Frisian: Schotlönj, Skotlun

Saterland Frisian: Skotlound

West Frisian: Skotlân (fy)
Galician: Escocia (gl)
Georgian: შოტლანდია (ka) (šoṭlandia)
German: Schottland (de) n
Bavarian: Schottland
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), ប្រទេស ស្កុត (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
Māori: Kōtarani, Koterangi
Marathi: स्कॉटलंड (skŏṭlaṇḍa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Шотланд (Šotland)
Nepali: स्कटल्यान्ड (skaṭalyānḍa)
Norman: Êcosse (Jèrriais)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Skottland (no)
Occitan: Escòcia (oc) f
Old English: Scotland n
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
Romansh: Scozia f
Russian: Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Šotlándija)
Samoan: Sikotilandi, Sikotilani
Sardinian: Iscòtzia f, Iscotzia f
Scots: Scotland
Scottish Gaelic: Alba (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Шко̏тска f

Latin: 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
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

Scotland (a medieval kingdom in Northern Europe)

Old English

Picture dictionary

Scotland

Sċotland

Old English Wikipedia has an article on:

Scotland

Etymology

Sċott (“Scot”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃot.lɑnd/

Proper noun

Sċotland n

land of the Scots in Hibernia, i.e. Ireland (a large island of Northern Europe)
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

Proper noun

Scotland

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:

Scotland

Proper noun

Scotland

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

See also

constituent countries of the United Kingdom: quốc gia cấu thành Anh Quốcedit

Anh
Bắc Ireland
Scotland
Wales

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