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

Network Rail said Caledonian Sleeper services will resume and serve Platform 11.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

But while his boss, President Donald Trump, is half-Scottish - his mother was born in Lewis in the Western Isles - Vance's claim to Caledonian blood has come under some questioning.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

Warrants were finally issued and a New Zealand air force search plane sent out to locate the yacht; the pilots sparked a diplomatic incident when they flew over a French warship in New Caledonian waters.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Though the gentleman is a Scot, there was none of the Caledonian in his speech, but instead the easy air of Whitehall, Saint James’s Palace, and Vauxhall.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson