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:''This article is about ''Caledonia'' as a name for Scotland. For the island nation in Pacific Ocean, see New Caledonia. For other uses please see Caledonia (disambiguation).
'Caledonia' is the Latin name given by the Roman Empire to a northern area of the island of Great Britain. The name means "Wooded Land". In others it may mean the area north of the Antonine Wall. In English and Scots 'Caledonia' is now a romantic or poetic name for Scotland. However, the modern day name for Scotland originated from the Latin word for the Scotti, who had crossed over from Ireland. Scotia, which was later applied to Scotland after Kenneth Mc Alpin had united the Picts and the Dalriadans.
The Gaelic name for Scotland today is Alba.
The name represents that of a Pictish tribe, the 'Caledonii', one amongst several in the region, but perhaps the dominant tribe. Their name appears in that of Dunkeld ('Dùn Chailleann' in Scottish Gaelic).
List of organisations or objects which use, or have used, the word in their title:

★ The Caledonia (paddle steamer)

★ The Caledonia, (brig)

★ Caledonia Street, Sausalito, California

★ British Caledonian

★ Caledonian Airways

★ Caledonian Brewery

★ Caledonian Canal

★ Caledonian Express

★ Caledonian MacBrayne

★ Caledonian Railway

★ Caledonian Railway (Brechin)

★ Caledonian Roughriders

★ Caledonian Sleeper

★ Caledonian Stadium

★ Caledonian Star

★ Glasgow Caledonian University

★ Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC

★ North Caledonian Football League

★ Royal Caledonian Curling Club

★ Tennent Caledonian Breweries

★ Caledonia Junior High School (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
See also this list of geographical or geological terms which use the word:

★ Caledonian Forest

★ Caledonian mountains

★ Caledonian orogeny

★ Caledonian Ocean
For a list of places in Canada and the United States called ''Caledonia'', see Caledonia (disambiguation).

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★ Caledonian Confederacy

★ Alba

★ Albion

★ Britannia

★ Caledonia (song), a traditional Scottish ballad

★ New Caledonia

★ New Caledonia (Canada)

★ Caledonia, Illinois

★ Caledonia, Ontario

★ Caledonia, Nova Scotia

★ Caledonia, Missouri

★ Caledonia, Michigan

★ Caledonia, Minnesota

★ Caledonia, Mississippi

★ Caledonia, Wisconsin