Caledonian

American  

[kal-i-doh-nee-uhn] / ˌkæl ɪˈdoʊ ni ən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Caledonia.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Caledonia.

Caledonian British  

/ ˌkælɪˈdəʊnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Scotland

2. of or denoting a period of mountain building in NW Europe in the Palaeozoic era

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noun

1. literary a native or inhabitant of Scotland

Etymology

Origin of Caledonian

First recorded in 1900–05; Caledoni(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Keith Baker at Glasgow Caledonian University, who researches district heating systems, says the UK has opportunities to make more of this technology.

From BBC

The truth is that Scotland’s qualification owes as much to Caledonian grit as it does to Swiss bureaucracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Caledonian Sleeper trains are affected, with services between Glasgow, Edinburgh and London cancelled, while services between Aberdeen, Fort William, Inverness and London have been diverted.

From BBC

The same engines are used by MV Isle of Arran, MV Caledonian Isles, MV Lord of the Isles and MV Isle of Mull - ships which are still part of the CalMac fleet despite being well beyond their expected service life.

From BBC

Along Hadrian’s Wall, we meet Marcus Donatianus, believed to be a North African soldier in the Roman army who led an outfit of Syrian troops that defended the wall against incursions by Caledonian Celts during the second or third century.

From The Wall Street Journal