Scotia

See also: scotia and Scoția

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskoʊ.ʃə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskəʊ.ʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Sco‧tia

Proper noun

Scotia

1. (poetic) Scotland.
2. Nova Scotia
   • 1958, “Scotiabank Timeline”, in Scotiabank Canada‎^[1], retrieved 2023-06-20, page 2:

     1958 - Scotia Plan Loans [...] The Bank of Nova Scotia becomes the first Canadian bank to promote lending to the average consumer.

   • 2009, “I'm So Scotian”‎^[2]performed by Hellafactz:

     Just listen how the flow sounds / And you gon' learn quick I represent Sco-town (Scotia) / Illville to be exact / Shout out to Uniacke / Straight up to w:North Preston and back

   • 2023 June 20 (last accessed), Scotia Dental‎^[3]:

     At Scotia Dental in Halifax, our dentists [...]

3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
4. A village in Nebraska.
5. A village in New York.
6. A town in South Carolina.

Anagrams

• Caitos, Sciota, catios, coatis

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsko.tsja/

Proper noun

Scotia

1. Scotland

Holonyms

• Grande Britannia
• Regno Unite

Latin

Etymology

From Scōtī (“the Scots people”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskoː.ti.a/, [ˈs̠koːt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskot.t͡si.a/, [ˈskɔt̪ː͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Scōtia f sg (genitive Scōtiae); first declension

1. Scotland

   Synonym: Calēdonia

Usage notes

Apparently, in some Classical sources, Scōtia is confused at times with Hibernia (“Ireland”).

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Scōtia
Genitive	Scōtiae
Dative	Scōtiae
Accusative	Scōtiam
Ablative	Scōtiā
Vocative	Scōtia

Derived terms

• Nova Scōtia (“Nova Scotia (lit., New Scotland)”)

Related terms

• Scōticus
• Scōtinus
• Scōtus

Descendants

Descendants of Scotia

• Albanian: Skocia
• Catalan: Escòcia
• Old French: Escoce, Escouce
  • Middle French: Escosse
    • French: Écosse
• Galician: Escocia
• Italian: Scozia
• Norman: Êcosse
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Escoça
• Portuguese: Escócia
• Romanian: Scoția
• Sicilian: Scuzzia, Scozzia
• Spanish: Escocia

Scots

Proper noun

Scotia

1. (poetic) Scotland