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Caledonian

Caledonian \Cal`e*do"ni*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland.

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Caledonian is a geographical term used to refer to places, species, or items in or from Scotland, or particularly the Scottish Highlands. It derives from Caledonia, the Roman name for the area of modern Scotland. It is often abbreviated to "Caley", "Cally", or "The Caley", or — in Gaelic — "An Calaidh" (The Caley).

Caledonian is also used to refer to places or people in or from New Caledonia.

It may refer to:

  • Caledonians, the people of Caledonia
  • The Caledonian, discontinued British passenger train
  • Caledonian Airways, former Scottish airline
  • Caledonian Canal, between Inverness and Fort William, Scotland
  • Caledonian Brewery, in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Caledonian F.C., former football club from Inverness
  • Caledonian Forest, the native woodland of Highland Scotland
  • Caledonian Ground, sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Caledonian (locomotive), an early locomotive of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
  • Caledonian orogeny, a geological event
  • Caledonian Railway, former Scottish railway company
  • Caledonian Railway (Brechin), preserved steam railway
  • Caledonian-Record, a newspaper published in Vermont, USA
  • Caledonian Road (disambiguation), the name of two stations in London, England
  • Caledonian Sleeper, a sleeper train service in Scotland
  • Caledonian Stadium, football stadium in Inverness, home ground of Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
  • Glasgow Caledonian University, in Glasgow, Scotland
  • The Caledonian Cup, a tournament held each year by Scottish Pro Wrestling

It is also used by Scottish institutions or societies around the world, or by groups with Scottish ancestry. For example the Caledonian Club in London.

Caledonian (locomotive)

Caledonian was an early steam locomotive which had a short career on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR).

Usage examples of "caledonian".

Out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the MacDuffs turned south along the Rio Grande toward the spot where the seeds of the ancient Caledonian and Athapascan warriors were destined to meet again for the first time, perhaps, since they had set out upon opposite trails from the birthplace of humanity in the days when ferns were trees, and unsailed seas lashed the shores of continents that are no more.

As the Caledonian savages danced through that long-gone night, a thousand years, perhaps, before the prototypes of Joseph Smith, John Alexander Dowie and Aimee Semple Mc-Pherson envisaged the Star of Bethlehem, a new sun looked down upon the distant land of the Athapascans and another scene--American Indian savages.

Deep within him smouldered the savage fires of his Caledonian ancestry that made him one with the grim crusaders of the past and with the naked descendants of the Athapascans preparing for battle.

The Baron had learned enough of the pastimes of his adopted country to be aware that this gigantic weapon was something like four times as heavy as any hammer hitherto thrown by the hardiest Caledonian.

Caledonians, glowing with the warm virtues of nature, and the degenerate Romans, polluted with the mean vices of wealth and slavery.

Caledonians were on the philosophical side when it came to even such matters as obeying sagamores and caciques during their raids.

It replaced the unhappy Ninth Legion, cut to pieces by the Caledonians during the uprisings which made the grim aftermath, in Britain, of our Parthian expedition.

Other than his crippled arm and scarred face, he was a beautiful specimen of Caledonian manhood, well over seven feet in stature and carrying sufficient weight to be considered brawny.

John of the Hawks was not much of a drinking man, as Caledonian drinking men went, but he could think of nothing else for the immediate moment.

He stepped closer to the Caledonian monk and stared upward into his face.

The Caledonian is all but born on horseback and does not walk save in dire necessity.

He was a small man, by Caledonian standards, but even in his middle years, well proportioned, and even as a prisoner of these barbarians, possessive of a cool dignity.

DeRudder demonstrated to the fascinated Caledonian how to utilize the library banks.

He polished off several pieces of chocolate cake and a slice of lemon meringue pie and returned to the communicator, deciding inwardly that if nothing else, the invaders from Beyond were far in advance of Caledonian pastry cooks.

You are also the highest ranking Caledonian who has ever come over to us.