Pictland

English

Etymology

From Pict + land.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkt.land/, /ˈpɪkt.lənd/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkt.lænd/, /ˈpɪkt.lənd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪktlænd, -ɪktlənd
  • Hyphenation: Pict‧land

Proper noun

Pictland

  1. (Scottish history) The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts. [from 14th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      He, through the wealth wherein he did abound, / This daughter thought in wedlocke to have bound / Unto the Prince of Picteland […].
    • 11 Oct 2013, Tom Shippey, The Guardian:
      Either the long-dead wheelwright didn't think of that – or else early Pictland had gravelled roads.
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