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Caledonian
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Cal·e·do·ni·a  (kl-dn-, -dny)
Roman Britain north of the Antonine Wall, which stretched from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. Today the term is used as a poetic appellation for all of Scotland.
Cale·doni·an adj. & n.
Caledonian [ˌkælɪˈdəʊnɪən]
adj
1. of or relating to Scotland
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) of or denoting a period of mountain building in NW Europe in the Palaeozoic era
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Literary a native or inhabitant of Scotland
Translations
Caledonian [ˌkælɪˈdəʊnɪən]
A. ADJ → caledoniano
B. N → caledoniano/a m/f
Caledonian
adj → kaledonisch


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New Caledonians have not shown much environmental awareness either in part because the low population density has put little anthropogenic pressure on nature.
ECOTOURISM IN NEW CALEDONIA by Parks & Recreation
Behind that ridge Agricola's legions defeated the Caledonians at the battle of Mons Graupius; down there, eighteenth-century improvers rationalized agriculture by draining valleys and redefining boundaries to engrave the agrarian revolution's technological and social structures into the land.
The burrowers by Davey, Peter / The Architectural Review
By the end of 1992, 166 young New Caledonians, most of them Melanesian, had embarked on training courses in France, and 66 of them had already returned to New Caledonia.
The uneasy peace: New Caledonia's Matignon Accords at mid-term by Henningham, Stephen / Pacific Affairs
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