/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Caledonia
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Scotland. A corruption of Celyddon, a Celtic word meaning “a dweller in woods and forests.” The word Celt is itself a contraction of the same word (Celyd), and means the same thing.
“Sees Caledonia in romantic view.”
Thomson.
“O Caledonia, stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child.”
Sir W. Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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