Caledonia

Japanese: Caledonia
Caledonia

…Capital city Edinburgh. In Roman times it was called Caledonia, which means "forest" in Celtic, but with the migration of the Scots from Ireland it was given the name Scotia in the 11th century, which became the origin of the current place name. It is surrounded by the Norwegian Sea to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean and the North Channel to the west, and borders England to the south by the Solway Firth, the Liddell River, the Cheviot Hills, and the Tweed River. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Caledonia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…主都エジンバラ。ローマ時代にはケルト語で〈森林〉を意味する〈カレドニアCaledonia〉と呼ばれたが,アイルランドからのスコット人の移住にともない,11世紀には〈スコシアScotia〉の名称が与えられ,現在の地名の語源となった。北をノルウェー海,東を北海,西を大西洋とノース海峡に囲まれ,南はソルウェー湾,リデル川,チェビオット丘陵,トウィード川を結ぶ境界線によってイングランドと接している。…

※「Caledonia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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