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Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Romans to the land in today's Scotland north of their province of Britannia , beyond the frontier of their empire . The etymology of the name is probably from a P-Celtic source. Its modern usage is as a romantic or poetic name for Scotland as a whole, comparable with Hibernia for Ireland and Britannia for the whole of Britain .
The original use of the name, by Tacitus , Ptolemy , Lucan and Pliny the Elder , referred to the area (or parts of the area) later known as Pictavia or Pictland north of Hadrian's Wall in today's Scotland. The name may be related to that of a large central Pictish tribe, the Caledonii , one amongst several in the area and perhaps the dominant tribe, which would explain the binomial Caledonia/Caledonii.
The name of the Caledonians may be found in toponymy , such as Dùn Chailleann , the Scottish Gaelic word for the town of Dunkeld meaning "fort of the Caledonii", and possibly in that of the mountain Sìdh Chailleann , the "fairy hill of the Caledonians".
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