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Scottish

Scottishly

Definitions of Scottish
  1. adjective
    of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
    “` Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'”
    synonyms: Scotch, Scots
  2. noun
    the dialect of English used in Scotland
    synonyms: Scots, Scots English
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    types:
    Lallans, Scottish Lallans
    a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland
    type of:
    English, English language
    an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
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