Caledonia

[kal-i-doh-nee-uh]

noun

1. Chiefly Literary.,  Scotland.

2. a female given name.

Caledonia

/ ˌkælɪˈdəʊnɪə /

noun

1. the Roman name for Scotland

Usage

Caledonia is now used poetically and, sometimes, humorously

Example Sentences

Around 1,700 police officers are already present in New Caledonia, where rioters have burned buildings, looted shops and set up road barricades, they added.

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Macron landed in New Caledonia early Thursday, looking for ways to end a crisis that has raised questions about France’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region.

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But as well as insisting on the need to bring down the deficit, he said the new government would need to agree on the future of France's South Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

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Later, a cyclone forced the brothers to abandon a plan to land in Brisbane and they were forced to take a detour around the remote New Caledonia archipelago to avoid the storm.

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Among the American businesses feeling the impact is Caledonia Spirits, a distiller based in Vermont, near the Canadian border.

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