What does SCOTTISH mean?

Definitions for SCOTTISH
ˈskɒt ɪʃscot·tish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Scottish, Scots, Scots Englishadjective

    the dialect of English used in Scotland

  2. Scots, Scottish, Scotchadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language

    "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"

Wiktionary

  1. Scottishadjective

    Of a person, native to or born in Scotland.

  2. Scottishadjective

    Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.

  3. Scottishnoun

    The people of Scotland.

  4. Etymology: From Scot + -ish.

ChatGPT

  1. scottish

    Scottish generally refers to anything related to Scotland, a country in the United Kingdom located in the northern part of Great Britain. This includes its culture, people, geography, history, music, languages (such as Scottish Gaelic and Scots), foods, and traditions. A person who is Scottish is someone who is from Scotland or of Scottish descent.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scottishadjective

    of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect

  2. Etymology: [From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SCOTTISH' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #979

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SCOTTISH' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2679

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SCOTTISH' in Adjectives Frequency: #122

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SCOTTISH in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SCOTTISH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of SCOTTISH in a Sentence

  1. Robert Smith:

    This gives the parliament more tools to pursue its own vision, goals and objectives whatever they might be at any particular time, the recommendations set out in the agreement will result in the biggest transfer of power to the Scottish parliament since its establishment.

  2. Joseph Nagy:

    What we would call November, or the early part of it, appears to have been the designated end-of-harvest and beginning-of-winter time among peoples who spoke or speak Irish Celtic languages -- primarily represented today by the Irish, the Scottish particularly of the Highlands and islands, the Welsh, and the Bretons -- but the Celtic languages were far more widespread throughout Europe in ancient times, in Irish, this time or, specifically, what we would call November 1, is known as Samhain, which probably means' end of summer,'.

  3. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon:

    (That) is the only change that the Scottish government judges that it is safe to make right now without risking a rapid resurgence of the virus.

  4. So I Married an Axe Murderer:

    Harriet Do you actually like haggis Charlie No, I think it's repellent in every way. In fact, I think most Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

  5. David Cameron:

    We are keeping our promise to the Scottish people.

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  • Leroy Fuller
    Leroy Fuller
    In the song Comin' through the Rye there is a phrase "Nane may say h'e I" what does that mean?
    LikeReply6 years ago

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