Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kiltscurling - a game played on ice; curling stones (heavy stones with handles) are slid toward a target Bannockburn - a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland Antonine Wall - a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain Caledonian Canal - a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used dirk - a long dagger with a straight blade tawse - a leather strap for punishing children ceilidh - an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling scunner - a strong dislike; "they took a scunner against the United States" bap - a small loaf or roll of soft bread haggis - made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach Great Britain - an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales Cumbria - a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines Caledonia - the geographical area (in Roman times) north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland Highlands, Highlands of Scotland - a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse) Galloway - a district in southwestern Scotland Aberdeen - a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea Balmoral Castle - a castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residenc of the British sovereign Lothian Region - a district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh Glasgow - largest city in Scotland; a port in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world Orkney Islands - an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland ben - a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben" brae - a slope or hillside Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles firth - a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland) Firth of Clyde - a firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel Firth of Forth - a large firth on the east coast of Scotland; location of Edinburgh glen - a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) Loch Linnhe - an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland |