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Look up: caledonia

  1. Caledonia
    (Latin) Scotland; this name refers to the northern territory of the Britons; Caledonia is the modern-day northern Scottish Highlands; Caledonia first came to the attention of the Romans when they moved into Britain under Julius Caesar.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Caledonia
    archaic or obsolete terms > Places: Scotland
    Found on http://www.skyscript.co.uk/glossarytt.ht

  3. Caledonia
    Roman term for the Scottish Highlands, inhabited by the Caledoni. The tribes of the area remained outside Roman control - they were defeated but not conquered...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Caledonia
    Cal`e·do'ni·a noun The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/8

  5. Caledonia
    noun the geographical area (in Roman times) north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Caledonia
    • (n.) The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Caledonia
    (from the article `typography`) ...using designs made up of repeated decorative units like early printers` fleurons, were extremely successful. Dwiggins designed a number of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/7

  8. Caledonia
    historical area of north Britain beyond Roman control, roughly corresponding to modern Scotland. It was inhabited by the tribe of Caledones ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/7

  9. Caledonia
    county, northeastern Vermont, U.S., bounded on the southeast by New Hampshire, the Connecticut River constituting the border. Piedmont terrain ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/7

  10. Caledonia
    Caledonia is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `from Scotland ` The name Caledonia doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Caledonia seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Cal

  11. Caledonia
    Caledonia (kă"lidō'nēu) , Roman name for that part of the island of Great Britain that lies N of the firths of Clyde and Forth. The name first occurs in the works of Lucan (1st cent. A.D.) and has been used in modern times rhetorically and poetically to mean all of Scotland...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A080

  12. Caledonia
    Roman term for the Scottish Highlands, inhabited by the Caledoni. The tribes of the area remained outside Roman control – they were defeated but not conquered by Agricola in AD 83 to 84 and again by Septimius Severus who reached beyond modern Aberdeen in 208. Since the 18th century, the name has been revived as a romantic alternative for the w...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Caledonia
    (disambiguation) `Caledonia` is an old name for northern Great Britain. `Caledonia` may also refer to: Places: In Canada: In the United States of America: Other geographical locations: Music: Transportation: Schools: Sports: Other uses:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia

  14. Caledonia
    (village) `Caledonia` is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,327 at the 2000 census. The name refers to Scotland. The `Village of Caledonia` is located inside the Town of Caledonia and is southwest of Rochester, Monroe County. History : The town was settled aro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia

  15. Caledonia
    (town) `Caledonia` is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,567 at the 2000 census (the 2007 estimate is 4,307). The `Town of Caledonia` contains the Village of Caledonia. The town is in the northwest part of the county and is southwest of Rochester, NY. C...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia

  16. Caledonia
    `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. Its modern usage is as a romantic or poetic name for Scotland as a whole. Original usage: The original use of the name, by Tacitus, Ptol...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia

  17. Caledonia
    (brig) The `Caledonia` was a brig of some 200 tons, built in Arbroath, Scotland, and wrecked on September 7, 1843 on Sharpnose Point, near Morwenstow, Cornwall. Final voyage: In September 1842 the Caledonia was homeward bound from Odessa, and called in at Falmouth to bury a crew...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia

  18. Caledonia
    (song) :For other songs known as "Caledonia", see "Jamie Raeburn", "Canada-I-O". For the jump blues song, see "Caldonia" `Caledonia` is a modern Scottish folk ballad written by Dougie MacLean somewhere between 1974 and 1977. and published in 1979...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia

  19. Caledonia
    (typeface) `Caledonia` is a transitional serif typeface designed by William Addison Dwiggins in 1938 for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Dwiggins chose the name Caledonia, the Roman name for Scotland, to express the face`s basis on the early nineteenth century Scotch Roman typeface ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonia



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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