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- (chiefly in names or geographical terms) of or relating to Scotland or the Scottish Highlands主要用于名字或地理术语中（与）苏格兰（有关）的, （与）苏格兰高地（有关）的：
the Caledonian Railway.
苏格兰铁路。
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- Geology relating to or denoting a mountain-forming period (orogeny) in NW Europe and Greenland during the Lower Palaeozoic era, especially the late Silurian【地质】加里东的。
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- chiefly humorous or poetic /literary a person from Scotland〈主幽默或诗/文〉苏格兰人。
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the Caledonian
Geology the Caledonian orogeny【地质】加里东造山运动。
词源
from Caledonia, the Latin name for northern Britain, + -AN.