Caledonia是什么意思？

Caledonia

英[ˌkæliˈdəunjə] 美[ˌkælɪˈdoniə, -ˈdonjə]

• n. 苏格兰之古时或诗中的别名；

例句

• During the caledonia period, the microblocks hadcollided together to make up the Yunkai composite terrane. 加里东期发生了陆陆, 或弧陆碰撞,形成了云开复合地体,并表现为低缓角度的褶皱造山作用.
• The large number of barrier reef cluster New Caledonia like the peals in the hands. 环绕四周的珊瑚礁像呵护掌上明珠一样,簇拥着新喀里多尼亚.
• But smaller disputes , like the one in Caledonia , are much harder to solve. 但象喀里多尼亚发生的这类小型的争执就难以得到解决了.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the geographical area (in Roman times) north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland