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English
Etymology
From Middle English Scotland, Scotlond, from Old English Scotland (“Ireland", later also "Scotland”, literally “land of the Scots”), equivalent to Scot + -land. Compare West Frisian Skotlân (“Scotland”), Dutch Schotland (“Scotland”), German Schottland (“Scotland”), Danish Skotland (“Scotland”), Icelandic Skotland (“Scotland”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scotland
- A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England
2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:Our main story this week is Scotland. Americans know it as the birthplace of Shrek, and, and that accent you think you can do but actually can’t.
- A habitational surname 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".
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Translations
country in northwest Europe to the north of England
- Afrikaans: Skotland (af)
- Albanian: Skocia (sq) f
- Amharic: ስኮትላንድ (səkotland)
- Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدَا f (ʔiskutlandā)
- Hijazi Arabic: إسكتلندا f (ʔiskutlanda)
- Armenian: Շոտլանդիա (Šotlandia), Սկովտիա (Skovtia)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܟܘܼܛܝܵܐ (skuṭia)
- Asturian: Escocia (ast)
- Azerbaijani: Şotlandiya (az)
- Bashkir: Шотландия (Şotlandiya)
- Basque: Eskozia (eu)
- Bavarian: Schottland
- Belarusian: Шатла́ндыя f (Šatlándyja), Шатля́ндыя f (Šatljándyja)
- Bengali: স্কটল্যান্ড (skôṭlyanḍ /skôṭlænḍ/)
- Breton: Bro-Skos (br)
- Bulgarian: Шотла́ндия f (Šotlándija)
- Burmese: စကော့တလန် (ca.kau.ta.lan)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Шко́ция f (Škócyja)
- Catalan: Escòcia (ca) f
- Chechen: Шотланди (Šotlandi)
- Cherokee: ᏍᎧᏘᎳᏂ (skatilani)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 蘇格蘭/苏格兰 (sou1 gaak3 laan4)
- Mandarin: 蘇格蘭/苏格兰 (zh) (Sūgélán)
- Cornish: Alban
- Corsican: Scozia f
- Czech: Skotsko (cs) n
- Danish: Skotland (da) n
- Dutch: Schotland (nl) n
- Esperanto: Skotlando
- Estonian: Šotimaa (et)
- Farefare: Sokotgo, Sikotgo, Sokotẽŋa, Sokotɩŋa
- 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 f (skótland)
- Hindi: स्कॉटलैंड m (skŏṭlaiṇḍ)
- Hungarian: Skócia (hu)
- Icelandic: Skotland (is) n
- Ido: Skotia (io)
- Indonesian: Skotlandia (id)
- Interlingua: Scotia
- Irish: Albain (ga) f, Alba f (dated)
- Italian: Scozia (it) f
- Jamaican Creole: Skatlan
- Japanese: スコットランド (ja) (Sukottorando), 蘇格蘭 (ja) (すこっとらんど, Sukottorando)
- Kannada: ಸ್ಕಾಟ್ಲೆಂಡ್ (skāṭleṇḍ)
- Kapampangan: Eskosia, Eskosya
- Kashubian: Szkòckô n
- Kazakh: Шотландия (kk) (Şotlandiä)
- Khmer: អេកូស (ʼeekouh), ប្រទេសស្កុត (prɑteeh skot), ស្កុតលែនដ៍ (skotlɛɛn)
- Korean: 스코틀랜드 (ko) (Seukoteullaendeu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Skotlenda (ku)
- Kyrgyz: Шотландия (ky) (Şotlandiya)
- Lao: ເອກົດ (ʼē kot)
- Latin: Caledonia f, Scotia f
- Latvian: Skotija f
- Lithuanian: Škotija (lt) f
- Low German: Schottland
- Macedonian: Шкотска (mk) f (Škotska)
- Malay: Scotland
- Malayalam: സ്കോട്ട്ലൻഡ് (skōṭṭlaṉḍŭ)
- Maltese: l-Iskozja f
- Manx: Albey, Nalbin
- Maori: Kōtarani, Koterangi
- Marathi: स्कॉटलंड (skŏṭlaṇḍa)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Шотланд (Šotland)
- Navajo: Ałnánoodǫ́ǫ́z dineʼé bikéyah
- Nepali: स्कटल्यान्ड (skaṭalyānḍa)
- Norman: Êcosse (Jèrriais)
- North Frisian: Schotlönj, Skotlun
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Skottland (no)
- Occitan: Escòcia (oc) f
- Old English: Scotland n
- Old French: Escoce f
- Old Norse: Skotland n
- Ossetian: Шотланди (Šotlandi)
- Pashto: سکاټلېنډ (ps), سکاټلينډ
- Persian: اسکاتلند (fa) (eskâtland)
- Polish: Szkocja (pl) f
- Portuguese: Escócia (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਸਕਾਟਲੈਂਡ (sakāṭlaiṇḍ)
- Rarotongan: Tēkōtia
- Romanian: Scoția f
- Romansch: Scozia f
- Russian: Шотла́ндия (ru) f (Šotlándija)
- Samoan: Sikotilandi, Sikotilani
- Sardinian: Iscòtzia f, Iscotzia f
- 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) n
- Tagalog: Eskosya
- Tajik: Шотландия (tg) (Šotlandiya)
- Tamil: ஸ்காட்லாந்து (skāṭlāntu)
- Tatar: Шотландия (Şotlandiyä)
- Telugu: స్కాట్లాండ్ (skāṭlāṇḍ)
- Tetum: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: สกอตแลนด์ (sà-gɔ́t-lɛɛn)
- Tibetan: སུའུ་ཀེ་ལན (su'u ke lan)
- Tongan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: İskoçya (tr)
- Turkmen: Şotlandiýa
- Ukrainian: Шотландія f (Šotlandija)
- Urdu: اسکاٹ لینڈ m (askāṭ lainḍ), اسکاٹلینڈ m (askāṭlainḍ)
- Uyghur: شوتلاندىيە (shotlandiye)
- Uzbek: Shotlandiya
- Vietnamese: Xcốt-len (vi), Ê-cốt (vi), Tô Cách Lan
- Welsh: yr Alban f
- West Frisian: Skotlân (fy)
- Yiddish: שאָטלאַנד n (shotland)
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Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
Sċott (“Scot”) + land (“land”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sċotland n
- land of the Scots in Hibernia, i.e. Ireland
- land of the Scots in Britain, i.e. Scotland
Declension
Declension of Scotland (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
Scots
Proper noun
Scotland
- Scotland