Escocia

See also: escocía, escòcia, Escócia, and Escòcia

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Scōtia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkoθja/ [esˈko.θja]
• Rhymes: -oθja
• Syllabification: Es‧co‧cia

Proper noun

Escocia f

1. Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Escocia (“Scotland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔesˈkosija/ [ʔes̪ˈko.s̪ɪ.jɐ]
• Hyphenation: es‧co‧cia

Proper noun

Escocia (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜐᜒᜌ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Escocia (“Scotland”), from Latin Scotia.

Proper noun

Escocia

1. Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Galician

Alternative forms

• Escócia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Scotia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔθja/ [es̺ˈkɔ.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /esˈkɔθja/ [es̺ˈkɔ.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /esˈkɔsja/ [esˈkɔ.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɔθja

• Rhymes: -ɔθja
• Rhymes: -ɔsja

• Hyphenation: Es‧co‧cia

Proper noun

Escocia f

1. Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Related terms

• escocés

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Scotia. Compare French Écosse, Italian Scozia,

Norman Êcosse, Portuguese Escócia, Romanian Scoția and Sicilian Scozzia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkoθja/ [esˈko.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esˈkosja/ [esˈko.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -osja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Es‧co‧cia

Proper noun

Escocia f

1. Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Related terms

• escocés/escocesa
• Nueva Escocia

Descendants

• → Central Nahuatl: Escocia
• → Tagalog: Eskosya

Further reading

• “Escocia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025