Pictland

English

Etymology

From Pict +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkt.land/, /ˈpɪkt.lənd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkt.lænd/, /ˈpɪkt.lənd/
• Rhymes: -ɪktlænd, -ɪktlənd
• Hyphenation: Pict‧land

Proper noun

Pictland

1. (Scottish history) The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts. [from 14th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     He, through the wealth wherein he did abound, / This daughter thought in wedlocke to have bound / Unto the Prince of Picteland […].

   • 11 Oct 2013, Tom Shippey, The Guardian:

     Either the long-dead wheelwright didn't think of that – or else early Pictland had gravelled roads.