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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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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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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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