English

Proper noun

Pictland

1. (Scottish history) The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts. [from 14th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.12:

     He, through the wealth wherein he did abound, / This daughter thought in wedlocke to have bound / Unto the Prince of Picteland […].

   • 2013, Tom Shippey, The Guardian, 11 Oct 2013:

     Either the long-dead wheelwright didn't think of that – or else early Pictland had gravelled roads.