Caledonia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Calēdonia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kælɪˈdəʊnɪə/ === Proper noun === Caledonia (archaic, poetic) Scotland, the northern part of the island of Great Britain. A place named after the Latin name of Scotland. A locale in Canada. A community in Ontario. A village in western Nova Scotia. A community in eastern Nova Scotia. A community in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. A neighborhood of Moncton, New Brunswick. A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Caledonia No. 99. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Arkansas. A township and village therein, in Boone County, Illinois. A ghost town in Indiana. An unincorporated community in Kentucky. A township and village therein, in Kent County, Michigan. Two other townships, in Alcona County and Shiawassee County, Michigan. A city, the county seat of Houston County, Minnesota. A township in Houston County, Minnesota, named after the city. A town in Mississippi. A village in Missouri. A town in New York and a village within that town in New York. A census-designated place in North Dakota. A village in Ohio. A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin. A village in Racine County, Wisconsin. A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. ==== Derived terms ==== Caledonia County Caledonia Island Caledonian New Caledonia ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Laodicean == Latin == === Etymology === From Calēdonēs +‎ -ia, probably ultimately of Celtic origin, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *kal-) + *ɸēdo- (“foot”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *pṓds). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.ɫeːˈdɔ.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.leˈdɔː.ni.a] === Proper noun === Calēdonia f sg (genitive Calēdoniae); first declension Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom) Synonym: Scōtia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: Caledònia → English: Caledonia Spanish: Caledonia === References === === Further reading === “Caledonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Caledonia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Calēdonia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaleˈdonja/ [ka.leˈð̞o.nja] Rhymes: -onja Syllabification: Ca‧le‧do‧nia === Proper noun === Caledonia ? Caledonia ==== Derived terms ====