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• scotia
  scotia

  noun

  a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
• Scotia
  Scotia

  noun

  Scotland.

scotia

¹ American  

[skoh-shuh] / ˈskoʊ ʃə /

noun

Architecture.

1. a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.

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Scotia ² American  

[skoh-shuh] / ˈskoʊ ʃə /

noun

Literary.

1. Scotland.

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scotia British  

/ ˈskəʊʃə /

noun

1. a deep concave moulding, esp one used on the base of an Ionic column between the two torus mouldings

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Etymology

Origin of scotia¹

1555–65; < Latin < Greek skotía darkness (from its shadow)

Origin of Scotia²

< Latin: Scotland. See Scot, -ia

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Example Sentences

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scotia Scotia

If properly taught the beauty in the orders of architecture can be brought out in the making of the bead, fillet, scotia, cove, etc.

From A Course In Wood Turning by Archie S. Milton

Just at the edge of the corona a line should be cut in, called the scotia.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

In section this moulding may be compared to a large scotia divided into two cavettos by a torus.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong

The latter is a true cornice, composed of a small torus or bead, a scotia, and a fillet.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong

Set in a fictional trailer park in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Trailer Park Boys follows the adventures of three longtime friends and petty criminals.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In June, Scotiabank moved to take full control of its Jamaican arm with a proposal to buy shares not already owned of Scotia Group Jamaica for about C$500 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Some agreed, like the leader of the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Because he couldn’t skate growing up in tiny Port Williams, Nova Scotia — population 1,100 — Shaffelburg turned first to running, winning the province championship at 3,000 meters in middle school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Mi’kmaq in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia scoffed at the notion of European superiority.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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