Caledonia - Citizendia

This article is about Caledonia as a name for northern Britain. For other uses, see Caledonia (disambiguation)

Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Roman Empire to a northern area of the island of Great Britain. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The use of the name sometimes refers specifically to the area north of the Antonine Wall. The Antonine Wall is a stone and turf Fortification, built by the Romans across what is now the Central belt of Scotland The name represents that of a Pictish tribe, the 'Caledonii', one amongst several in the region, though perhaps the dominant tribe. The Picts were a Confederation of tribes in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland from Roman times until the 10th century The Caledonians ( Latin: Caledonii) or Caledonian Confederacy, is a name given by historians to a group of the Indigenous Their name can be found in 'Dùn Chailleann', the Scottish Gaelic word for the town of Dunkeld, and Sidh Chailleann or Schiehallion, "Fairy [hill] of the Caledonians". Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Dunkeld ( Dùn Chailleann in Scottish Gaelic) is a small town in Strathtay, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately 15 Miles Schiehallion ( Gaelic: Sìdh Chailleann, ʃiˈxaʎən̪ˠ is a prominent Mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

The modern use of 'Caledonia' in English and Scots is as a romantic or poetic name for Scotland. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Scots ( The Scots leid) refers to Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland and Northern Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. 'Scotland' itself is derived from Scotia, the Latin term for Ireland, from which the Scoti peoples originated before resettling in northern Great Britain. Scotia was originally the Latin name for Ireland, known to the Romans as Hibernia. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Scoti or Scotti ( Old Irish Scot, modern Scottish Gaelic Sgaothaich) was the generic name given by the Romans to the