- 1喀里多尼亞的、喀里多尼亞人；詩文或公司名裡用來指「蘇格蘭的」（日常仍說 Scottish／蘇格蘭的）
Caledonian is the old, rather grand word for “Scottish.” It comes from , the name the Romans gave to the north of Britain — roughly the land we now call Scotland. Poets still like it because it sounds ancient and . You will also see it on company names, university names, and ferry names when a Scottish business wants that old-country flavour. People do not usually say “I am Caledonian” in the street; they say “Scottish.” The word is more at home on a sign, in a poem, or in a formal title. Though actually, Roman was the highland north, not every inch of modern Scotland — people now stretch it as if it covered the whole country.
組成From Caledonia + -an. Caledonia was the Roman name for northern Britain. The ending -an makes an adjective (and sometimes a noun) meaning “of that place.”
同家族的字
- Caledoniathe place name this word is built from
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Caledonianadj/ˌkæləˈdoʊni.ən/
- 1
In or from Caledonia; (jocularly) Scottish.
- 2
In or from New Caledonia.
- 3
geographygeologynatural-sciencesRelating to a mountain-forming period (orogeny) in Europe.
Caledoniannoun/ˌkæləˈdoʊni.ən/
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.
- I congratulate the Caledonians on the acquiſition of this new Saint, but wonder if the German crows were ſo civil to refrain from ſo ſavoury a Scotch haggiſs.
- In the early 1770s the bogey figure for opposition politicians was arguably not so much North in the Commons as Mansfield behind the curtain, the country's greatest lawyer (and another Caledonian to gratify the Scotophobes) keeping an irresolute Cabinet committed to waging war in America.
- 2
Someone from the ancient Celtic tribe (or group of tribes) called Caledonians, in Scotland
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