noun
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 (Freq. 2)
• Members of this Region:
↑bashful, ↑blate, ↑blae, ↑braw, ↑leal, ↑caller, ↑couthie, ↑couthy, ↑beefy, ↑burly, ↑husky, ↑strapping, ↑buirdly, ↑langsyne, ↑curling, ↑Bannockburn, ↑Brunanburh, ↑battle of Brunanburh, ↑Langside, ↑battle of Langside, ↑dirk, ↑tawse, ↑Scottish, ↑Scots, ↑Scots English, ↑ceilidh, ↑scunner, ↑bap, ↑haggis, ↑Episcopal Church, ↑Episcopal Church of Scotland, ↑ben, ↑brae, ↑firth, ↑glen, ↑kelpy, ↑kelpie, ↑bairn, ↑laird, ↑thane, ↑Lammastide, ↑wee
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑European country, ↑European nation
• Part Holonyms:
↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain, ↑GB, ↑Europe
• Part Meronyms:
↑Antonine Wall, ↑Caledonian Canal, ↑Cheviots, ↑Cheviot Hills, ↑Cumbria, ↑Caledonia, ↑Highlands, ↑Highlands of Scotland, ↑Lowlands, ↑Lowlands of Scotland, ↑Galloway, ↑Aberdeen, ↑Balmoral Castle, ↑Lothian Region, ↑Glasgow, ↑Hebrides, ↑Hebridean Islands, ↑Hebridean Isles, ↑Western Islands, ↑Western Isles, ↑Orkney Islands, ↑Shetland, ↑Shetland Islands, ↑Zetland, ↑Clyde, ↑Firth of Clyde, ↑Firth of Forth, ↑Forth, ↑Forth River, ↑Loch Achray, ↑Loch Linnhe, ↑Loch Ness
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Scotland [Scotland] [ˈskɒtlənd] [ˈskɑːtlənd]
a country forming the northernmost part of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom
Useful english dictionary. 2012.