Scotia
English
Pronunciation
- (Canada, General American) IPA(key): /ˈskoʊ.ʃə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskəʊ.ʃə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: Sco‧tia
Proper noun
Scotia
- (poetic) Scotland.
- Nova Scotia
- 2009, “I'm So Scotian”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
- A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A village in New York.
- A town in South Carolina.
Latin
Etymology
From Scōtī (“the Scots people”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskoː.ti.a/, [ˈs̠koːt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskot.t͡si.a/, [ˈskɔt̪ː͡s̪iä]
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
Scots
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