SCOTIA

Proper noun

Scotia

(poetic) Scotland.

A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.

A village in Nebraska.

A village in New York.

A town in South Carolina.

Anagrams

• Caitos, Sciota, catios, coatis

Etymology

Noun

scotia (plural scotias)

(architecture) A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.

Synonyms

• trochilus

Hypernyms

• molding

Anagrams

• Caitos, Sciota, catios, coatis

Source: Wiktionary


Sco"ti*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Arch.)

Definition: A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.

Sco"ti*a, n. Etym: [L.]

Definition: Scotland [Poetic] O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! Burns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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