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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Copyright

Scotia. Anciently a Latin name for Ireland. After Q-Celtic Gaelic Gaels invaded Argyll and, centuries later, merged with the Picts to form a single kingdom, it became an honorific Latin name for Scotland. Also found in the Lebor Gabála [Book of Invasions] as a variant of Scota (1).
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Scotia , originally the Latin name for Ireland. In the Middle Ages, it was used to refer to Scotland, to which the Scots had migrated from Ireland. Today it is used poetically.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

scotia (pl. scotiae). Trochilus, or hollow concave moulding, in e.g. an Attic base of a Classical column sandwiched between the fillets above and below the torus mouldings.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Scotia •josher, washer •moksha • tonsure • dishwasher •whitewasher • Portia • launcher •brochure, kosher, Scotia •fuchsia • pusher • penpusher •blusher, crusher, flusher, gusher, Prussia, rusher, Russia, usher •cruncher, luncher, puncher •cowpuncher • Udmurtia •inertia, Persia

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