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.

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

2. A country in northwest Europe to the north of England and forming part of the United Kingdom.
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3. 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".

Derived terms

• Kingdom of Scotland
• Scotland County
• Scotland Yard

Related terms

• Scotch
• Scottish
• Scots
• Scotsman
• Scotswoman

Translations

country in northwest Europe to the north of England

• Afrikaans: Skotland (af)
• Albanian: Skocia (sq)
• Amharic: ስኮትላንድ (səkotland)
• Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدَا f (ʔiskutlandā)
• Armenian: Շոտլանդիա (Šotlandia)
• Asturian: Escocia (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Şotlandiya (az)
• Bashkir: Шотландия (Şotlandiya)
• Basque: Eskozia (eu)
• Bavarian: Schottland
• Belarusian: Шатла́ндыя f (Šatlándyja)
• Bengali: স্কটল্যান্ড (skoṭolênḍ)
• Breton: Bro-Skos (br)
• Bulgarian: Шотла́ндия f (Šotlándija)
• Burmese: စကော့တလန် (ca.kau.ta.lan)
• Catalan: Escòcia (ca) f
• Chechen: Шотланди (Šotlandi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇格蘭／苏格兰 (zh) (Sūgélán), 苏格兰 (zh) (Sūgélán)

• Cornish: Alban
• Czech: Skotsko (cs)
• Danish: Skotland (da)
• Dutch: Schotland (nl)
• Esperanto: Skotlando
• Estonian: Šotimaa (et)
• 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 m (skótland)
• Hindi: स्कॉटलैंड (skŏṭlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Skócia (hu)
• Icelandic: Skotland (is)
• Ido: Skotia (io)
• Indonesian: Skotlandia
• Interlingua: Scotia
• Irish: Albain (ga) f, Alba
• Italian: Scozia (it) f
• Japanese: スコットランド (ja) (Sukottorando)
• Kannada: ಸ್ಕಾಟ್‌ಲೆಂಡ್ (skāṭ‌leṇḍ)
• Kapampangan: Eskosia, Eskosya
• Kashubian: Szkòckô
• Kazakh: Шотландия (Şotlandiä)
• Khmer: ប្រទេសស្កុត (prɑteih skot), ស្កុតលែនដ៍ (skotlɛɛn), អេកូស (ʼeekouh)
• Korean: 스코틀랜드 (Seukoteullaendeu)
• Lao: ປະເທດເອກົດ (pa thēt ʼē kot)
• Latin: Caledonia f
• Latvian: Skotija f
• Lithuanian: Škotija (lt) f
• Low German: Schottland
• Macedonian: Шко́тска (mk) f (Škótska)
• Malay: Scotland
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• Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട്‌ലൻഡ് (skōṭṭ‌laṉḍŭ)
• Maltese: Skozja, l-Iskozja
• Manx: Albey, Nalbin
• Maori: Kōtarani, Koterangi
• Marathi: स्कॉटलंड (skŏṭlaṇḍa)
• Mongolian: Шотланд (Šotland)
• Navajo: Ałnánoodǫ́ǫ́z dineʼé bikéyah
• Nepali: स्कटल्यान्ड (skaṭalyānḍa)
• North Frisian: Schotlönj, Skotlun
• Norwegian: Skottland (no)
• Occitan: Escòcia (oc) f
• Old English: Scotland n
• Old French: Escoce f
• Old Norse: Skotland n
• Ossetian: Шотланди (Šotlandi)
• Persian: اسکاتلند (fa) (eskâtland)
• Polish: Szkocja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Escócia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸਕਾਟਲੈਂਡ (sakāṭlaiṇḍ)
• Romanian: Scoția f
• Romansch: Scozia f
• Russian: Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Šotlándija)
• 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)
• Tagalog: Eskosya
• Tajik: Шотландия (tg) (Šotlandiya)
• Tamil: ஸ்காட்லாந்து (skāṭlāntu)
• Telugu: స్కాట్లాండ్ (skāṭlāṇḍ)
• Thai: สกอตแลนด์ (sà-gɔ́t-lɛɛn)
• Tibetan: སུའུ་ཀེ་ལན (su'u ke lan)
• Turkish: İskoçya (tr)
• Turkmen: Şotlandiýa
• Ukrainian: Шотландія f (Šotlandija)
• Urdu: سکاٹ لینڈ (skaṭlaiṇḍ)
• Uyghur: شوتلاندىيە (shotlandiye)
• Uzbek: Shotlandiya
• Vietnamese: Scotland (vi)
• 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

From Scot (“Scot”) +‎ land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskot.lɑnd/

Proper noun

Scotland n

1. Scotland

Declension

Declension of Scotland (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Scotland	Scotland
accusative	Scotland	Scotland
genitive	Scotlandes	Scotlanda
dative	Scotlande	Scotlandum

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Scots

Proper noun

Scotland

1. Scotland