Pictland
English
Etymology
From Pict + land.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪktland/, /ˈpɪktlənd/
Proper noun
Pictland
- (Scottish history) The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts. [from 14th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.12:
- He, through the wealth wherein he did abound, / This daughter thought in wedlocke to have bound / Unto the Prince of Picteland […].
- 2013, Tom Shippey, The Guardian, 11 Oct 2013:
- Either the long-dead wheelwright didn't think of that – or else early Pictland had gravelled roads.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.12: