"Caledonia" meaning in Latin

See Caledonia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ka.leːˈdo.ni.a/ [Classical-Latin], [käɫ̪eːˈd̪ɔniä] [Classical-Latin], /ka.leˈdo.ni.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käleˈd̪ɔːniä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|Calēdonēs|ia}} Calēdonēs + -ia, {{der|la|cel|-}} Celtic, {{der|la|cel-pro|*kaletos|t=hard}} Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*kal-}} Proto-Indo-European *kal-, {{cog|ine-pro|*pṓds}} Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Calēdonia&lt;1&gt;}} Calēdonia f sg (genitive Calēdoniae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Calēdonia&lt;1&gt;}} Forms: Calēdonia [canonical, feminine, singular], Calēdoniae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Calēdonia [nominative, singular], Calēdoniae [genitive, singular], Calēdoniae [dative, singular], Calēdoniam [accusative, singular], Calēdoniā [ablative, singular], Calēdonia [singular, vocative]
  1. Scotland, the northern part of the island of Britannia Tags: declension-1 Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Europe, Countries of the United Kingdom, Scotland Synonyms: Scōtia

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Caledònia"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: Caledònia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Caledònia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Caledonia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Caledonia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Caledonia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Caledonia"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Caledonia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Caledonia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Calēdonēs",
        "3": "ia"
      },
      "expansion": "Calēdonēs + -ia",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaletos",
        "t": "hard"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kal-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kal-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pṓds"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pṓds",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Calēdonēs + -ia, probably ultimately of Celtic origin, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *kal-) + *ɸēdo- (“foot”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *pṓds).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Calēdonia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdonia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdonia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Calēdonia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "Calēdonia f sg (genitive Calēdoniae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Calēdonia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Countries",
          "orig": "la:Countries",
          "parents": [
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Countries in Europe",
          "orig": "la:Countries in Europe",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Places",
            "Europe",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Countries of the United Kingdom",
          "orig": "la:Countries of the United Kingdom",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Scotland",
          "orig": "la:Scotland",
          "parents": [
            "Constituent countries of the United Kingdom",
            "United Kingdom",
            "British Isles",
            "Countries",
            "Countries in Europe",
            "Europe",
            "Islands",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Names",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Scotland, the northern part of the island of Britannia"
      ],
      "id": "en-Caledonia-la-name-NQo7U7qY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Scotland",
          "Scotland"
        ],
        [
          "Britannia",
          "Britannia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Scōtia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.leːˈdo.ni.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käɫ̪eːˈd̪ɔniä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.leˈdo.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käleˈd̪ɔːniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Caledonia"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Caledònia"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: Caledònia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Caledònia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Caledonia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Caledonia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Caledonia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Caledonia"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Caledonia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Caledonia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Calēdonēs",
        "3": "ia"
      },
      "expansion": "Calēdonēs + -ia",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaletos",
        "t": "hard"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kal-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kal-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pṓds"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pṓds",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Calēdonēs + -ia, probably ultimately of Celtic origin, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *kal-) + *ɸēdo- (“foot”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *pṓds).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Calēdonia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdonia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdoniā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Calēdonia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Calēdonia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "Calēdonia f sg (genitive Calēdoniae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Calēdonia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 5-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Celtic languages",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ia",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Countries",
        "la:Countries in Europe",
        "la:Countries of the United Kingdom",
        "la:Scotland"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Scotland, the northern part of the island of Britannia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Scotland",
          "Scotland"
        ],
        [
          "Britannia",
          "Britannia#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Scōtia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.leːˈdo.ni.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käɫ̪eːˈd̪ɔniä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.leˈdo.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käleˈd̪ɔːniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Caledonia"
}

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