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单词 Scotland
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Definition of Scotland in English:

Scotland

proper nounˈskɒtləndˈskɑtlənd
  • A country forming the northernmost part of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom; population 5,169,000 (est. 2008); capital, Edinburgh.

    Synonyms
    British north of the border
    Scottish the land o' the leal
    Latin Caledonia
    informal the land of cakes

Scotland was settled by Celtic peoples during the Bronze and early Iron Age. An independent country in the Middle Ages, it was amalgamated with England as a result of the union of the Crowns in 1603 and of the Parliaments in 1707. The distinctive Celtic society of the Highlands, based on clans, was destroyed in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745–6 and the Highland clearances of the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1997 the Scots voted in favour of the establishment of a devolved parliament with tax-raising powers, which was inaugurated in 1999

 
 

Definition of Scotland in US English:

Scotland

proper nounˈskɑtləndˈskätlənd
  • A country in northern Great Britain and the United Kingdom; population 5,169,000 (est. 2008); capital, Edinburgh; languages, English (official) and the Scottish form of Gaelic.

    Synonyms
    north of the border

Scotland was settled by Celtic peoples during the Bronze and early Iron ages. An independent country in the Middle Ages, it was amalgamated with England as a result of the union of the Crowns in 1603 and of the Parliaments in 1707. The distinctive Celtic society of the Highlands, based on clans, was destroyed in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745–46. In 1997, the Scots voted to establish a devolved parliament with tax-raising powers, which was inaugurated in 1999

 
 
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