SCOTLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scotland mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOTLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Scotland"):

Orkney Islands (an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland)

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

Lowlands; Lowlands of Scotland (the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous)

Galloway (a district in southwestern Scotland)

Aberdeen (a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea)

Balmoral Castle (a castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign)

Lothian Region (a district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh)

Glasgow (largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world)

Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Hebrides; Western Islands; Western Isles (a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland)

Highlands; Highlands of Scotland (a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse))

Shetland; Shetland Islands; Zetland (an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland)

Clyde (a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow)

Firth of Clyde (a firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel)

Firth of Forth (a large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River; location of Edinburgh)

Forth; Forth River (a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth)

Loch Ness (a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain)

Loch Achray (a lake in central Scotland)

Loch Linnhe (an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland)

Cheviot Hills; Cheviots (a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland)

Antonine Wall (a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain)

Caledonian Canal (a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used)

Cumbria (a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines)

Meronyms (members of "Scotland"):

Scot; Scotchman; Scotsman (a native or inhabitant of Scotland)

Domain member region:

bairn (a child: son or daughter)

curling (a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target)

beefy; buirdly; burly; husky; strapping (muscular and heavily built)

couthie; couthy ((chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial)

caller (fresh)

kelpie; kelpy ((Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders)

leal (faithful and true)

blae (of bluish-black or grey-blue)

bashful; blate (disposed to avoid notice)

wee (a short time)

Lammastide (the season of Lammas)

thane (a feudal lord or baron)

laird (a landowner)

langsyne (at a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish))

glen (a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains))

firth (a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland))

brae (a slope or hillside)

ben (a mountain or tall hill)

Episcopal Church; Episcopal Church of Scotland (an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland)

haggis (made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach)

bap (a small loaf or roll of soft bread)

scunner (a strong dislike)

ceilidh (an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling)

Scots; Scots English; Scottish (the language, languages or the dialect of English used in Scotland)

tawse (a leather strap for punishing children)

dirk (a relatively long dagger with a straight blade)

battle of Langside; Langside ((1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants)

battle of Brunanburh; Brunanburh (a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots)

Bannockburn (a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland)

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

GB; Great Britain (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales)

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Domain member region:

braw (brightly colored and showy)

 Context examples 

“This grows serious,” he observed, as we drove to Scotland Yard.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This gentleman, Mr. Staunton’s friend, was referred to me by Scotland Yard.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That is what Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, looks upon as so serious.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sites are in both northern and southern hemispheres of Mars, at latitudes from about 55 to 58 degrees, equivalent on Earth to Scotland or the tip of South America.

(Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice, NASA)

Later in the evening I will stroll down and have a word with friend Lestrade at Scotland Yard.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“This is Inspector Newcomen of Scotland Yard.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“In the first place,” replied Mr. Gardiner, “there is no absolute proof that they are not gone to Scotland.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I come from a place farther north, quite on the borders of Scotland.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The bones of the sea monster are 170 million years old and were discovered in Scotland’s Isle of Skye.

(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)

We were within a few hours of eloping together for Scotland.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)