CALEDONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caledonia mean? 

• CALEDONIA (noun)
  The noun CALEDONIA has 1 sense:

1. the geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland

  Familiarity information: CALEDONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALEDONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Caledonia" is a part of...):

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

 Context examples 

Only six percent, however, is above water, the majority of which is New Zealand, New Caledonia and some smaller islands.

(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)