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. Compare West Frisian Skotlân (“Scotland”), Dutch Schotland (“Scotland”), German Schottland (“Scotland”), Danish Skotland (“Scotland”), Icelandic Skotland (“Scotland”).

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 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.

   • 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:

     That’s right. Not even English flag poles can suddenly start treating Scotland with the respect it deserves. “Get this rag off me! Get it off! I can’t! Get this blue mess off me!”

3. 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".

Hyponyms

• Highlands, Lowlands

Derived terms

• bluebell of Scotland
• Kingdom of Scotland
• Little Scotland
• Scotland County
• Scotland-like
• Scotland of the East

 

Related terms

• Scotch
• Scottish
• Scots
• Scotsman
• Scotswoman

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 (bn) (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 (sqóṭland), סְקוֹטִיָה f (sqóṭiyâ)
• 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, Scozia (it), Scozia (it)
• 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)

See also

• Traditional Scottish counties

Anagrams

• cotlands

Old English

Picture dictionary

Scotland

Ispania

Īrland

Sċotland

Wēalas

Orcadas

Wiht

Engla land

Francland

Norþweġ

Frīsland

Denemearc

Germanie

Swēoland

Burgenda land

Scedenig

Italia

Sicilie

Finna land

Ungerland

Ilirice

Pulgara land

Ēstland

Wendelsǣ

Mæcedonia

Grēcland

Syria

Sciþþia

Armenia

Etymology

Sċott (“Scot”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃot.lɑnd/

Proper noun

Sċotland n

1. land of the Scots in Hibernia, i.e. Ireland
2. land of the Scots in Britain, i.e. Scotland

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Sċotland	—
accusative	Sċotland	—
genitive	Sċotlandes	—
dative	Sċotlande	—

Synonyms

• (Ireland): Īrland, Īra land
• (Scotland): Sċotta land

Scots

Proper noun

Scotland

1. Scotland