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Scotland

Scotland

267 1.0
A country in the north of Great Britain that is part of the United Kingdom
  • proper noun
  • /ˈskɒt.lənd/
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  • Maggie Dean is from Scotland.
  • England and Scotland
  • Ireland and Scotland
  • Wales and Scotland

To go to, I don't know, Scotland, Paris, France.

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Examples

  • Born and raised in Scotland, I grew up on the stories of Robert Louis Stevenson.

    Academic text (2008)
  • She came to Scotland last year.

  • Unless you live in Scotland, it's not very good news.

    ZOE
  • 2014 is a very important year for Scotland.

  • So I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the youngest of four girls.

  • What will the UK Government do to protect Scotland's place in Europe?

  • Lockdown looks like it might be easing off in Scotland soon, which is a relief.

  • Maggie Dean is from Scotland.

  • 2014 is a very important year for Scotland.

  • So I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the youngest of four girls.

Compounds

12 3.5

The main office of London's police detectives

The main offices of the London police and their detectives

A Christian church in Scotland that is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion

A low, mostly flat area in southern and central Scotland without mountains

An area in northern Scotland with high hills, kilts, and old clan traditions

Surface Forms

Scotland main

Morphology

Scotland = Scot + land (transparent) = Scot + land

The place name is a straightforward compound meaning 'land of the Scots', which is directly interpretable from its components.

Etymology

Scotland comes from Scot, the name for the people who lived there, plus land, which means 'land' or 'country'. So Scotland literally means 'land of the Scots', helping you remember it is the country in the north of Great Britain.