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Revision as of 04:29, 10 May 2009
- See also changes related to Scotland, or pages that link to Scotland or to this page or whose text contains "Scotland".
Parent topics
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. [e]
- Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. [e]
Subtopics
Major cities
- Edinburgh [r]: The capital of Scotland. [e]
- Glasgow [r]: The largest city in Scotland, located on the River Clyde and a great shipbuilding centre during the Industrial Revolution; population about 581,000. [e]
- Aberdeen [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dundee [r]: A seaport (est. 1995 pop. 168,000) situated on the Firth of Tay, an inlet of the North Sea, in Scotland. [e]
- Inverness [r]: A educational and tourist center (est 1991 pop 63,000) located at the north end of the Great Glen on the River Ness in northwest Scotland; for a long time, the center of the Scots Highland region. [e]
- Stirling [r]: A city (1991 pop. 28,000) located on the River Forth in south-central Scotland; one of the important historical cities of Scotland. [e]
Geological features
- Highlands and Islands [r]: That part of present-day Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, including the offshore islands. [e]
- Southern uplands (Scotland) [r]: That part of present-day Scotland south and east of the Southern Boundary Fault. [e]
- Central lowlands (Scotland) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Midland valley (Scotland) [r]: That area of Scotland which lies between the geologic features of the Highland Boundary Fault and the Southern Upland Fault. [e]
- Grampian Mountains [r]: A mountain range in the Highlands of north-central Scotland whose southern edge forms the boundary between the Highlands and the Scottish lowlands. [e]
- Cheviot Hills [r]: A range of hills spread along the border between Scotland and England. [e]
- Great Glen [r]: A large fault valley in Scotland extending from Moray Firth to Inverness and containing a series of lochs within its extent, including Loch Ness. [e]
- River Clyde [r]: One of Scotland's most important rivers, flowing from the Southern Uplands into the Atlantic; Glasgow is located along its course. [e]
- River Forth [r]: A river in south central Scotland, flowing into the Firth of Forth and then the North Sea; Edinburgh is located along its course. [e]
Culture
Language
- Scottish English [r]: All varieties of English spoken in Scotland; may not include Scots where this is identified as a language in its own right. [e]
- Scots language [r]: A West Germanic variety spoken in southern Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland, which has been identified as either a separate language from English or (over-simplistically) a dialect of English, according to various cultural and linguistic perspectives; shares much with English due to a shared linguistic history, but has developed separately for many centuries. [e]
- Scottish Gaelic language [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics, government and leaders
- Scottish Parliament [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Wallace [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Bruce [r]: Add brief definition or description
Tartan and shortbread
- Highland games [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kilt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Great Highland Bagpipe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tartan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Shortbread [r]: Add brief definition or description
Writers
- Walter Scott [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Burns [r]: Add brief definition or description
History
- Roman Scotland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scottish Wars of Independence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Bannockburn [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Declaration of Arbroath [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Auld Alliance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scottish Reformation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Church of Scotland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Union of Crowns [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Covenanters [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Glorious Revolution [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Darien expedition [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Treaty of Union (1707) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jacobites [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Culloden [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scottish Enlightenment [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Red Clydesdale [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Devolution [r]: Add brief definition or description
- English language [r]: Add brief definition or description
- England [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wales [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Northern Ireland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Canada [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Picts [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Golf [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Curling [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Loch Ness Monster [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Celts [r]: Add brief definition or description