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Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
is a country that is part of the United Kingdom that forms the northern third of the island of Great Britain in North-West Europe. Scotland may also refer to:


Government in Scotland

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Kingdom of Scotland The Kingdom of Scotland (; , ) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a l ...
, a sovereign state from the 9th century to 1707 *
Scotland (European Parliament constituency) Scotland ( sco, Scotland, gd, Alba ) was a constituency of the European Parliament created in 1999. It elected between eight and six MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation every 5 years from 1999 until 2020, wh ...


Other places


Australia

* Scotland Island, New South Wales


Canada

* Scotland, municipality in
County of Brant The County of Brant ( 2021 population 39,474) is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Although it retains the word "county" in its name, the municipality is a single-tier municipal government and has no upper tier. The ...


England

* Scotland, Lincolnshire, a hamlet adjacent to Ingoldsby *
Scotland Road Scotland Road, known locally as Scottie Road, is the section of the A59 road situated near the docks in the Vauxhall district of north Liverpool, England. History Scotland Road was created in the 1770s as a turnpike road to Preston, Lancashir ...
, a road in Liverpool


United States

* Scotland, Arkansas *
Scotland, Connecticut Scotland is a town in Windham County, Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 1,576. Scotland is a predominantly rural town with agriculture as the principal industry. Scotland is the least populated town in Windham County. G ...
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Scotland, Florida Scotland is an unincorporated community in Gadsden County, Florida, United States. It is located south of Havana at the intersection of County Roads 159 and 270 __NOTOC__ Year 270 ( CCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will di ...
* Scotland, Georgia *
Scotland, Indiana Scotland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 134. History The Scotland post office was established in 1837. A ...
* Scotland, Maryland * Scotland, Mississippi *
Scotland, Missouri Scotland is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. It is located slightly northwest of the junction of Missouri Route 66 and Interstate 44/US 71 U.S. Route 71 or U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a major north–sout ...
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Scotland, Pennsylvania Scotland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was named after Scotland, the ancestral home of an early settler. As of the 2010 census ...
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Scotland, South Dakota Scotland is a city in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 785 at the 2020 census. History Scotland was laid out in 1879. Scottish immigrants named it for their native country of Scotland. Geography Scotland is lo ...
* Scotland, Texas *
Scotland, Virginia Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 203.
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Scotland Neck, North Carolina Scotland Neck is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. According to the 2010 census, the town population was 2,059. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The Hoffman-Bower ...
* Scotland Run, a river in the New Jersey, United States


People

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Alexander Scotland Alexander Paterson Scotland OBE (1882–1965) was a British Army officer and intelligence officer. Scotland was noted for his work during and after World War II as commandant of the "London Cage", an MI19 prisoner of war facility that was subje ...
, British Army and intelligence officer * Egon Scotland, German journalist * Jason Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago footballer * Joe Scotland, Negro league baseball player *
Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, (born 19 August 1955), is a British diplomat, barrister and politician, serving as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations. She was elected at the 2015 Commonwealth Head ...
, Labour Party life peer


Arts, entertainment, and media

* "Scotland" (''The Goodies''), an episode of a British comedy television series * "Scotland" by the Lumineers, the opening theme of the TV series ''
Reign A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., Saudi Arabia, List of Belgian monarchs, Belgium, Co-prince of Andorra, Andorra), of a people (e.g., List of Frankish kings, the Franks, List of ...
'' * BBC Scotland, division of the BBC, which is responsible for broadcasting in Scotland * ''
Scotland, PA ''Scotland, PA'' is a 2001 film directed and written by Billy Morrissette. It is a modernized version of William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth''. The film stars James LeGros, Maura Tierney, and Christopher Walken. Shakespeare's tragedy, originally se ...
'', a 2002 film


Sports

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List of national sports teams of Scotland Sports teams of Scotland is an incomplete list of the national sports teams representing Scotland. Scottish representative teams Multi-sport events *''Scotland'', the team sent by the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland to represent the cou ...
* Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, a Commonwealth Games team *
Scottish cricket team The Scotland national cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh, and also some other venues. Scotland became Associate Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1994
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Scotland national basketball team The Scottish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Scotland in international competition. They are organised by basketballscotland, the sport's governing body in Scotland, which in 2005, along with England and Wales m ...
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Scotland national football team The Scotland national football team gd, Sgioba Ball-coise Nàiseanta na h-Alba sco, Scotland National Fitbaa Team represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the t ...
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Scotland national rugby league team The Scotland national rugby league team represent Scotland in international rugby league football tournaments. Following the break-up of the Great Britain team in 2008, Scottish players play solely for Scotland, apart from occasional Southern ...
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Scotland national rugby union team The Scotland national rugby union team represents Scotland in men's international rugby union and is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The team takes part in the annual Six Nations Championship and participates in the Rugby World Cup, w ...


Other uses

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Bank of Scotland The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: ''Banca na h-Alba'') is a commercial and clearing bank based in Scotland and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group, following the Bank of Scotland's implosion in 2008. The bank was established by th ...
, a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh


See also

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Scotia Scotia is a Latin placename derived from ''Scoti'', a Latin name for the Gaels, first attested in the late 3rd century.Duffy, Seán. ''Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia''. Routledge, 2005. p.698 The Romans referred to Ireland as "Scotia" around ...
* Caledonia * Scotland Yard * Scotia (disambiguation) * Caledonia (disambiguation) * New Scotland (disambiguation) * Scotland County (disambiguation) * Scotland Township (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo