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Pictland

Syllables: Pict·land/ˈpɪkt.land/US/ˈpɪkt.lænd/

Pictland proper noun: the northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts.

Proper noun

Pictland

  1. (Scottish) The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts.
    • He, through the wealth wherein he did abound, / This daughter thought in wedlocke to have bound / Unto the Prince of Picteland […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • Either the long-dead wheelwright didn't think of that – or else early Pictland had gravelled roads.11 Oct 2013, Tom Shippey, The Guardian

Origin of Pictland

From Pict + -land.

Questions about Pictland

What does Pictland mean?
Pictland means the northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts.
What part of speech is Pictland?
Pictland is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pictland?
Pictland is pronounced /ˈpɪkt.land/ (UK).

Words near Pictland in the dictionary

  1. Pictionary
  2. Pictish
  3. Pictish tower
  4. Pictish towers
  5. Pictishness
  6. Pictland
  7. Picto-
  8. pictogram
  9. pictogrammatic
  10. pictogrammatical
  11. pictogrammatically

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