Caledonia
Chiefly Literary. Scotland.
a female given name.
Historical Examples
Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 Boswell
Back Home Eugene Wood
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) J. Arthur Thomson
The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3 Henry Thomas Buckle
The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann
The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann
The Letters of Charles Dickens Charles Dickens
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 (Volume XXVI) Various
The Letters of Charles Dickens Charles Dickens
noun
the Roman name for Scotland
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