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Scotland

//ˈskɑt.lənd// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.

    "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."

  2. 2
    A habitational surname referring to someone from 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”).

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