Caledonian
/ˌkæləˈdoʊni.ən/adjective, noun
Caledonian is an adjective meaning “In or from Caledonia; (jocularly) Scottish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-L-E-D-O-N-I-A-N and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Caledonian mean?
adjective
- 1
In or from Caledonia; (jocularly) Scottish.
- 2
In or from New Caledonia.
- 3
Relating to a mountain-forming period (orogeny) in Europe.
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.
- 2
Someone from the ancient Celtic tribe (or group of tribes) called Caledonians, in Scotland
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Caledonian?
- US /ˌkæləˈdoʊni.ən/
- UK /ˌkæləˈdəʊni.ən/
Caledonian has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Caledonian
- more Caledonian comparative
- most Caledonian superlative
- Caledonians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Caledonian?
Caledonian appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Caledonian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inhabitant of Caledonia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Kaledonier |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Caledonian come from?
From Caledonia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).