# John o' Groats

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village in northeast Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland. It is known because the distance between it and Land's End is geographically the longest distance between any two points on the mainland of Great Britain (OS grid ref ND3872).

## Etymology
Named after Jan de Groot, a Dutchman who once plied a ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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