Pictland en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɪkt.lənd/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɪkt.land/ (UK)
- /ˈpɪkt.lənd/ (US)
- /ˈpɪkt.lænd/ (US)
Etymology
From Pict + -land.
Meanings
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(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: