Scotland

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈskɒt.lənd/    美 /ˈskɑt.lənd/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.
    — Head east out of Auckland, around the Firth of Thames and into the Coromandel Peninsula, and you'll see enough hills, valleys and sheep to remind you of the Scotland or Wales that the pioneers left behind.
  2. A habitational surname referring to someone from Scotland.

词汇关系

下位词
Highlands Lowlands
衍生词
bluebell of Scotland Kingdom of Scotland Little Scotland Scotland County Scotland Island Scotland-like Scotland of the East
相关词
Scotch Scottish Scots Scotsman Scotswoman Traditional Scottish counties

词源

From Middle English Scotland, Scotlond, from Old English Sċotland (“Ireland", later also "Scotland”, literally “land of the Scots”), equivalent to Scot + -land. Compare West Frisian Skotlân (“Scotland”), Dutch Schotland (“Scotland”), German Schottland (“Scotland”), Danish Skotland (“Scotland”), Icelandic Skotland (“Scotland”).
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