John o' Groats

English Etymology Named after Jan de Groot, a Dutchman who once plied a ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney. Proper noun John o' Groats en village in northeast Caithness, carea/Highland cc/Scotland. It is known because the distance between it and Land's End is geographically the longest distance between any two points on the mainland of Great Britain OS grid ref ND3872. "It’s fair getting on my mind," he said, "these horrible things happening. I’d like to get right away from London, just as far as I could—that I would!""Up to John-o’-Groat’s?" said Daisy, laughing. Translations village in Scotland Esperanto: eo Johano de Kvar'pencoj Scottish Gaelic: gd Taigh Iain Ghròte en eponyms