Caledonia

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This article is about Caledonia as a name for Scotland

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Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Roman Empire to a northern area of the island of Great Britain. The name means "Wooded Land". In others it may mean the area north of the Antonine Wall. In English and Scots 'Caledonia' is now a romantic or poetic name for Scotland. However, the modern day name for Scotland originated from the Latin word for the Scotti, who had crossed over from Ireland. Scotia, which was later applied to Scotland after Kenneth Mc Alpin had united the Picts and the Dalriadans. The Gaelic name for Scotland today is Alba. The name represents that of a Pictish tribe, the 'Caledonii', one amongst several in the region, but perhaps the dominant tribe. Their name appears in that of Dunkeld ('Dùn Chailleann' in Scottish Gaelic).cs:Kaledonie es:Caledonia fr:Calédonie ja:カレドニア no:Caledonia ru: Каледония fi:Kaledonia zh:加勒多尼亞