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 of Ontario.
      2. A village in western Nova Scotia.
      3. A community in eastern Nova Scotia.
      4. A community of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
      5. A neighborhood of Moncton, New Brunswick.
      6. The Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 99, a rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan.
   2. A locale in the United States.
      1. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
      2. A township and village therein, in Boone County, Illinois.
      3. A ghost town in Indiana.
      4. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
      5. A township and village therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
      6. Two other townships, in Alcona County and Shiawassee County, Michigan.
      7. A city, the county seat of Houston County, Minnesota.
      8. A township in Houston County, Minnesota, named after the city.
      9. A town in Mississippi.
      10. A village in Missouri.
      11. A town in New York, and a village within that town.
      12. A census-designated place in North Dakota.
      13. A village in Ohio.
      14. A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
      15. A village in Racine County, Wisconsin.
      16. A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
      17. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Caledonia County
• Caledonia Island
• 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)
• Marathi: कॅलेडोनिया (kĕleḍoniyā)
• Polish: Kaledonia (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Caledônia f

  European: Caledónia f

• Romanian: Caledonia (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: Cailleann, Tìr nan Cailleannach f
• Spanish: Caledonia f
• Volapük: Kaledän (vo)

Anagrams

• Laodicean

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.leːˈdo.ni.a/, [käɫ̪eːˈd̪ɔniä]
• (modern Italianate 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

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.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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