English > Scotland: 1 sense > noun 1, location| 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. |
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| Instance of | European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
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| Members | Scot, Scotsman, Scotchman | A native or inhabitant of Scotland |
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| Part of | Europe | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
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| Great Britain, GB | An island comprising England and Scotland and Wales |
| United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Parts | Aberdeen | A city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea |
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| Antonine Wall | A fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde) |
| Balmoral Castle | A castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign |
| Caledonia | The geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall |
| Caledonian Canal | A canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean |
| Cheviots, Cheviot Hills | A range of hills on the border between England and Scotland |
| Clyde | A river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde |
| Cumbria | A former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England |
| 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 |
| Forth, Forth River | A river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth |
| Galloway | A district in southwestern Scotland |
| Glasgow | largest city in Scotland |
| Hebrides, Hebridean Islands, Hebridean Isles, 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 |
| Loch Achray | A lake in central Scotland |
| Loch Linnhe | An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland |
| Loch Ness | A lake in the Scottish highlands |
| Lothian Region | A district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh |
| Lowlands, Lowlands of Scotland | The southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous |
| Orkney Islands | An archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland |
| Shetland, Shetland Islands, Zetland | An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland |
| Region of | Bannockburn | A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland |
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| Brunanburh, battle of Brunanburh | A battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots |
| Episcopal Church, Episcopal Church of Scotland | An autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland |
| Lammastide | The season of Lammas |
| Langside, battle of Langside | (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants |
| Scottish, Scots, Scots English | The dialect of English used in Scotland |
| bairn | A child |
| bap | A small loaf or roll of soft bread |
| bashful, blate | disposed to avoid notice |
| beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly | muscular / muscular and heavily built |
| ben | A mountain or tall hill |
| blae | Of bluish-black or grey-blue |
| brae | A slope or hillside |
| braw | brightly colored and showy |
| caller | Fresh |
| ceilidh | An informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling |
| couthie, couthy | (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial |
| curling | A game / game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target |
| dirk | A relatively long dagger with a straight blade |
| firth | A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland) |
| glen | A narrow secluded / secluded valley (in the mountains) |
| haggis | made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach |
| kelpy, kelpie | (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders |
| laird | A landowner |
| langsyne | (chiefly Scottish) at a distant time in the past |
| leal | Faithful and true |
| scunner | A strong dislike |
| tawse | A leather strap for punishing children |
| thane | A feudal lord or baron / baron |
| wee | A short time |
| Spanish | Escocia, Scotland |
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| Catalan | Escòcia |
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| Adjectives | Scots, Scottish, Scotch | of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language |
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