Scotland

Scotland

English

Etymology

From Middle English Scotland, Scotlond, from Old English Scotland (“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/

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

Proper noun

Scotland

1. A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England
   • 2014, Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:

     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; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:

     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!”

2. 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

• Kingdom of Scotland
• Little Scotland
• Scotland County

Related terms

• Scotch
• Scottish
• Scots
• Scotsman
• Scotswoman

Translations

country in northwest Europe to the north of England

Afrikaans: Skotland (af) Albanian: Skocia (sq) f Amharic: ስኮትላንድ (səkotland) Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدَا‎ f (ʾiskutlandā) Hijazi Arabic: إسكتلندا‎ f (ʾiskutlanda), سْكُتْلَندا‎ f (skutlanda) 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 (śkôṭljanḍ) Breton: Bro-Skos (br) Bulgarian: Шотла́ндия f (Šotlándija) Burmese: စကော့တလန် (ca.kau.ta.lan) Catalan: Escòcia (ca) f Chechen: Шотланди (Šotlandi) 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 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 (skótland) 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 Japanese: スコットランド (ja) (Sukottorando) Kannada: ಸ್ಕಾಟ್‌ಲೆಂಡ್ (skāṭ‌leṇḍ) Kapampangan: Eskosia, Eskosya Kashubian: Szkòckô n Kazakh: Шотландия (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) Rusyn: Шко́ция f (Škócyja) Samoan: Sikotilandi 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 Swedish: Skottland (sv) n Tagalog: Eskosya Tajik: Шотландия (tg) (Šotlandiya) Tamil: ஸ்காட்லாந்து (skāṭlāntu) Tatar: Шотландия (Şotlandiya) 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 Turkish: İskoçya (tr) Turkmen: Şotlandiýa Ukrainian: Шотландія 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

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Old English

Etymology

Sċott (“Scot”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃot.lɑnd/

Proper noun

Sċotland n

1. Scotland
2. Ireland

Declension

Declension of Scotland (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Sċotland	Sċotland
accusative	Sċotland	Sċotland
genitive	Sċotlandes	Sċotlanda
dative	Sċotlande	Sċotlandum

Synonyms

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

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Scots

Proper noun

Scotland

1. Scotland