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Caledonia
Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Roman Empire to a northern area of the island of Great Britain. The use of the name sometimes refers specifically to the area north of the Antonine Wall. The name represents that of a Picts|Pictish tribe, the 'Caledonians|Caledonii', one amongst several in the region, though perhaps the dominant tribe. Their name can be found in 'Dùn Chailleann', the Scottish Gaelic word for the town of Dunkeld, and 'Sìdh Chailleann' or Schiehallion, "Fairy hill of the Caledonians".
The modern use of 'Caledonia' in English language|English and Scots language|Scots is as a romantic or poetic name for Scotland. 'Scotland' itself is derived from Scotia, a Latin term for Ireland (also called Hibernia by the Rome|Romans), from which the Scoti peoples originated before resettling in northern Great Britain.
See also
- Hadrian's Wall
- Mons Graupius
External links
- ''Anglia Scotia et Hibernia'' - 1628 map of the region by Mercator and Hondius
Category:History of Scotland
Category:Scotland during the Roman Empire
Category:Scottish culture
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