Scotia /(?)/

Sco·ti·a

Scotia

n.

[L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.]

A concave molding used especially in classical architecture. (Arch.)

Scotia

n.

[L.]

Scotland [Poetic]
O Scotia! my dear, my native soil!
— Burns.

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