scotland

Noun
  1. domain member region:
    • curling - a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
    • bannockburn - a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland
    • battle of brunanburh, brunanburh - a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots
    • battle of langside, langside - (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants
    • dirk - a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
    • tawse - a leather strap for punishing children
    • scots, scots english, scottish - the dialect of English used in Scotland
    • ceilidh - an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling
    • scunner - a strong dislike
    • bap - a small loaf or roll of soft bread
    • haggis - made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach
    • episcopal church, episcopal church of scotland - an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland
    • ben - a mountain or tall hill
    • brae - a slope or hillside
    • firth - a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
    • glen - a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
    • kelpie, kelpy - (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
    • bairn - a child: son or daughter
    • laird - a landowner
    • thane - a feudal lord or baron
    • lammastide - the season of Lammas
    • wee - a short time
    • bashful, blate - disposed to avoid notice
    • blae - of bluish-black or grey-blue
    • leal - faithful and true
    • caller - fresh
    • couthie, couthy - (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial
    • beefy, buirdly, burly, husky, strapping - muscular and heavily built
    • langsyne - at a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish)
    is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
    member holonym: scot, scotchman, scotsman - a native or inhabitant of Scotland
    has:
    • 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
    • cheviot hills, cheviots - a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland
    • 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
    • caledonia - the geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for 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)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 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; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
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