Caledonia

Caledonia

See also: caledonia

English

Etymology

From Latin Calēdonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælɪˈdəʊnɪə/

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Proper noun

Caledonia

1. (archaic, poetic) Scotland, the northern part of the island of Great Britain.
2. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland.
   1. A locale in Canada.
      1. A community in Ontario.
      2. A village in western Nova Scotia.
      3. A community in eastern Nova Scotia.
      4. A community in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
      5. A neighborhood of Moncton, New Brunswick.
   2. A locale in the United States.
      1. A village in Racine County, Wisconsin.
      2. A town in New York, and a village within that town.
      3. A city, the county seat of Houston County, Minnesota.
      4. A village in Michigan.
      5. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
      6. A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
      7. A town in Mississippi.
      8. A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
      9. A village in Ohio.
      10. A village in Illinois.
      11. A village in Missouri.
      12. A census-designated place in North Dakota.
      13. An unincorporatedcommunity in Arkansas.
      14. A ghost town in Indiana.
      15. An unincorporatedcommunity in Kentucky.

Derived terms

• Caledonia County
• Caledonian
• New Caledonia

Translations

Latin-based name for Scotland

Catalan: Caledònia f Danish: Kaledonien f Dutch: Caledonië (nl) Esperanto: Kaledonio Finnish: Kaledonia Greek: Καληδονία f (Kalidonía) Irish: an Chaladóin f Japanese: カレドニヤ (Karedoniya) Polish: Kaledonia (pl) f Portuguese: Caledônia f Romanian: Caledonia (ro) f Scottish Gaelic: Cailleann, Tìr nan Cailleannach f Spanish: Caledonia f Volapük: Kaledän (vo)

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

From Calēdonēs +‎ -ia, probably ultimately of Celtic origin, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *kal-) + *φēdo- (“foot”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *pṓds).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.leːˈdo.ni.a/, [käɫ̪eːˈd̪ɔniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.leˈdo.ni.a/, [käleˈd̪ɔːniä]

Proper noun

Calēdonia f sg (genitive Calēdoniae); first declension

1. Scotland, the northern part of the island of Britannia

   Synonym: Scōtia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Calēdonia
Genitive	Calēdoniae
Dative	Calēdoniae
Accusative	Calēdoniam
Ablative	Calēdoniā
Vocative	Calēdonia
Locative	Calēdoniae

Descendants

• Catalan: Caledònia
• → English: Caledonia
• Spanish: Caledonia

References

1. Zimmer, Stefan, "Some Names and Epithets in Culhwch ac Olwen", in: Studi Celtici 3, 2004 [recte 2006], p. 163-179

Further reading

• “Caledonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Caledonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Calēdonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaleˈdonja/ [ka.leˈð̞o.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: Ca‧le‧do‧nia

Proper noun

Caledonia ?

1. Caledonia

Derived terms

• caledonio
• Nueva Caledonia