Caledonia

Is dócha é go bhfuil an focal fréamhaith ó fhoinse P-Ceiltise. De réir Zimmer (2006), tá Caledonia fréamhaithe ón ainm treibhe Caledones (nó Calīdones), a thugann sé mar shanas "'le cosa crua', ag lua seasmhachta", óna fréamhacha Prótai-Cheiltise *kal-, "crua" agus *φēdo-, "cos".[1] Ar an mbealach céanna, molann Moffat (2005) go bhfuil gaol ann idir an t-ainm agus an focal Breatnaise caled, "crua", ag lua b'fhéidir nó an tír chreagach nó cruas na ndaoine.[2]

Deir Keay agus Keay (1994) ámh gurb amhlaidh é gur réamhCheilteach é an focal.[3]

Mar a úsáideadh Tacitus, Tolamaes, Lucan agus Plinias Mór an t-ainm, Pictavia nó Tír na gCruithneach a bhíodh i gceist, an Alba den chuid is mó sa lá atá inniu ann, taobh ó thuaidh den Bhalla Haidrian (cé go bhfuil an balla úd laistigh de Shasana inniu).[4]

Droim iarthuaiscirt de Sìdh Chailleann.

Faightear ainm na gCaladónach i logainmneacha, amhail is Dùn Chailleann agus b'fhéidir an sliabh Sìdh Chailleann.[5][6] De réir Historia Brittonum, foraois in Albain ba ea suíomh an seachtú catha de Rí Artúr, darbh ainm Coit Celidon as Sean-Bhreatnaise.[7][8]

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• Anglia Scotia et Hibernia Curtha i gcartlann 2014-09-03 ar an Wayback Machine - léarscáil an cheantair, 1628, le Mercator agus Hondius
• Clans of Caledonia - cluiche cláir straitéise bunaithe ar stair na hAlban