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Caledonia
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caledonia
English
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Etymology
en :bor la:Calēdonia + 1
Pronunciation
en /kælɪˈdəʊnɪə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caledonia.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q22en archaic poetic Scotland, the northern part of the island of Great Britain.
en place named after the Latin name of Scotland.
en locale c/Canada.
en community p/Ontario.
en village in western p/Nova Scotia.
en community in eastern p/Nova Scotia.
en community island/Cape Breton p/Nova Scotia.
en neighborhood of city/Moncton p/New Brunswick.
en rurmun in south-central p/Saskatchewan the Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 99.
en locale c/US.
en unincorporated community s/Arkansas.
en twp/and/village therein, in co/Boone County s/Illinois.
en ghost town s/Indiana.
en unincorporated community s/Kentucky.
en twp/and/village therein, in co/Kent County s/Michigan.
en Two other <<townships>>, in <<co/Alcona County>> and <<co/Shiawassee County>>, <<s/Michigan>>.
en Q1926675en city/county seat co/Houston County s/Minnesota.
en twp co/Houston County s/Minnesota, named after the city.
en town s/Mississippi.
en village s/Missouri.
en town/and/village therein, in co/Livingston County s/New York. TopoZone: Caledonia, New York
en CDP s/North Dakota.
en village s/Ohio.
en town co/Columbia County s/Wisconsin.
en village co/Racine County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Trempealeau County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Waupaca County s/Wisconsin.
Derived terms
en Caledonia County Caledonia Island Caledonian caledonite New Caledonia
Translations
Latin-based name for Scotland
Catalan: ca Caledònia f
Danish: da Kaledonien f
Dutch: nl Caledonië
Esperanto: eo Kaledonio
Finnish: fi Kaledonia
Greek: el Καληδονία f
Irish: ga Caladóin f an Chaladóin
Japanese: ja カレドニヤ Karedoniya
Marathi: mr कॅलेडोनिया
Polish: pl Kaledonia f
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt Caledônia f
European Portuguese: pt Caledónia f
Romanian: ro Caledonia f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Cailleann, gd Tìr nan Cailleannach f
Spanish: es Caledonia f
Volapük: vo Kaledän
References
Anagrams
en aacdeilno Laodicean
en Scotland
Latin
Etymology
From la Calēdonēs ia, probably ultimately of la cel - origin, possibly from la cel-pro *kaletos hard (<< la ine-pro *kal-) + cel-pro *ɸēdo- foot (<< ine-pro *pṓds).Zimmer, Stefan, "Some Names and Epithets in Culhwch ac Olwen", in: Studi Celtici 3, 2004 [recte 2006], p. 163-179
Pronunciation
Calēdonia
Proper noun
Calēdonia<1>
la Scotland Q22
la Scōtia
Declension
Calēdonia<1>
Descendants
ca Caledònia
en Caledonia 1
es Caledonia
References
Further reading
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :lbor la:Calēdonia + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
en Caledonia
Derived terms
es caledonio Nueva Caledonia