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Scotia¹

  • /ˈskoʊ.ʃə/ Canada, US
  • /ˈskəʊ.ʃə/ UK

Where it comes from

From Latin Scotia (Scotland, lit. "Land of the Scots")

proper noun

  1. poetic Scotland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
  2. Nova Scotia 1958 - Scotia Plan Loans [...] The Bank of Nova Scotia becomes the first Canadian bank to promote lending to the average consumer.
  3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
  4. A village in Nebraska.
  5. A village in the town of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York.
  6. A town in South Carolina.
  7. A locality in the Unincorporated Far West Area and the Wentworth council area, western New South Wales, Australia.

scotia²

  • /ˈskoʊʃə/

Where it comes from

From Latin scotia, from Ancient Greek σκοτία (skotía, “dark, shadowy”).

noun scotias

  1. A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.

    Similar: trochilus

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: scot, scottish, scotland, québec, columbia, fundy, province, provincial, northwest, scots, rbc, newfoundland, bns, labrador, nunavut, nova

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noun type of architectural molding

Françaisscotie
Italianoscozia

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"scotia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scotia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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scotia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scotia

Chicago

"scotia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scotia.

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@misc{scotia_2026,
  title = {scotia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scotia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}