Scotland
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Old English Scotland (“Ireland", later also "Scotland”, literally “land of the Scots”), equivalent to Scot + land. Based on Latin word Scotus meaning Gael.
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Scotland
- A country in northwest Europe to the north of England and forming part of the United Kingdom.
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Translations [edit]
country in northwest Europe to the north of England
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Proper noun [edit]
Scotland