Caledonia
Caledonia is the Latin name of a region corresponding approximately to modern Scotland.
Caledonian is an alternate word for Scottish or for Pictish, referring to the Picts: a people of uncertain origin who in the time of the Roman Empire were the principal inhabitants of Scotland north of the River Forth.
New Caledonia is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to France. It was also a former name for the colony on the mainland of British Columbia.
Caledonia is also the name of several places in the United States of America:
- Caledonia, Illinois
- Caledonia, Michigan
- Caledonia, Minnesota
- Caledonia, Mississippi
- Caledonia, Missouri
- Caledonia, New York
- Caledonia, Ohio
- Caledonia, Wisconsin
- Caledonia Township, Michigan
- Caledonia Township, Minnesota
- Caledonia County, Vermont
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Referenced By
Antonine Wall | Battle of Mons Graupius | Gnaeus Julius Agricola | History of Scotland | Jacob's Stone | Lia Fail | List of subnational name etymologies | McDuck | Neil Peart | Pah-Peh-Rheo | Pict | Pictish language | Picts | Roman place names | Saint Patrick | Scotia | Severan Wall | St. Patrick | St Patrick | Stone of Destiny | Stone of Scone | Tanist Stone | The Clan McDuck | Timeline of Ancient Roman history | Timeline of Ancient Rome
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