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

 

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 (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)

See also

• Traditional Scottish counties

Anagrams

• cotlands

Old English

Picture dictionary

Scotland

Ispania

Īrland

Sċotland

Wēalas

Orcadas

Wiht

Engla land

Francland

Norþweġ

Frīsland

Denemearc

Swēoland

Burgenda land

Italia

Finna land

Ungerland

Ēstland

Grēcland

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

Declension of Scotland (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Sċotland	—
accusative	Sċotland	—
genitive	Sċotlandes	—
dative	Sċotlande	—

Synonyms

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

Scots

Proper noun

Scotland

1. Scotland