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Scotland

Scotland

English

Proper noun

Scotland

A country in northwest Europe to the north of England and forming part of the United Kingdom.
A habitational surname referring to someone from Scotland.

Derived terms

Scotland Yard

Related terms

Usage notes

In the history of Scotland, the country's monarchs should not be described as "Kings of Scotland" but as "Kings of Scots".

Translations

country in northwest Europe to the north of England

Afrikaans: Skotland
Albanian: Skocia (sq)
Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدَا f ‎(ʾiskutlandā)
Armenian: Շոտլանդիա ‎(Šotlandia)
Asturian: Escocia (ast)
Azeri: Şotlandiya (az)
Basque: Eskozia (eu)
Bavarian: Schottland
Belarusian: Шатландыя f ‎(Šatlándyja)
Bengali: স্কটল্যান্ড ‎(skaṭlyānḍa)
Breton: Bro-Skos (br)
Bulgarian: Шотландия f ‎(Šotlándija)
Catalan: Escòcia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蘇格蘭 (zh), 苏格兰 (zh) ‎(Sūgélán)
Cornish: Alban
Czech: Skotsko (cs)
Danish: Skotland (da)
Dutch: Schotland (nl)
Esperanto: Skotlando
Estonian: Šotimaa (et)
Faroese: Skotland n
Finnish: Skotlanti (fi)
French: Écosse (fr) f
Galician: Escocia (gl)
Georgian: შოტლანდია ‎(šoṭlandia)
German: Schottland (de) n
Greek: Σκωτία (el) f ‎(Skotía)
Hawaiian: Kekokia
Hebrew: סקוטלנד m ‎(skótland)
Hindi: स्कॉटलैंड ‎(skoṭlaiṇḍ)
Hungarian: Skócia (hu)
Indonesian: Skotlandia
Interlingua: Scotia
Irish: Albain (ga) f, Alba
Italian: Scozia (it) f
Japanese: スコットランド (ja) ‎(Sukottorándo) ((obsolete) 蘇格蘭)
Kashubian: Szkòckô
Khmer: ប្រទេសស្កុត ‎(prɑteih skot), ស្កុតលែនដ៍ ‎(skotlɛɛn)
Korean: 스코틀랜드 (ko) ‎(Seukoteullaendeu)

Latin: Caledonia f
Latvian: Skotija f
Lithuanian: Škotija (lt) f
Macedonian: Шкотска (mk) f ‎(Škótska)
Maltese: Skozja, l-Iskozja
Manx: Albey
Maori: Kōtarani, Koterangi
Mongolian: Шотланд ‎(Šotland)
Navajo: Ałnánoodǫ́ǫ́z dineʼé bikéyah
North Frisian: Schotlönj
Norwegian: Skottland (no)
Old French: Escoce f
Old Norse: Skotland n
Persian: اسکاتلند (fa) ‎(Eskâtland)
Polish: Szkocja (pl) f
Portuguese: Escócia (pt) f
Romanian: Scoția f
Romansch: Scozia f
Russian: Шотла́ндия (ru) f ‎(Šotlándija)
Saterland Frisian: Skotlound
Scots: Scotland
Scottish Gaelic: Alba (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Шко̏тска f

Roman: Škȍtskā (sh) f
Silesian: Szkocyjo f
Slovak: Škótsko (sk) n
Slovene: Škótska (sl) f
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: Šotiska f

Upper Sorbian: Šotiska f
Spanish: Escocia (es) f
Swedish: Skottland (sv)
Thai: สกอตแลนด์ ‎(sòk-òt-laen)
Tibetan: སུའུ་ཀེ་ལན་ ‎(su'u ke lan)
Turkish: İskoçya (tr)
Urdu: اسکاچستان
Welsh: Yr Alban f
West Frisian: Skotlân (fy)
Yiddish: שאָטלאַנד ‎(shotland)

Scots

Proper noun

Scotland

Scotland