SCOTIA Definition & Meaning

scotia

[ skoh-shuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Architecture.

a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.

Scotia

[ skoh-shuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Literary.

Scotland.

scotia

/ ˈ��əʊʃə /

noun

a deep concave moulding, esp one used on the base of an Ionic column between the two torus mouldings

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of scotia¹

1555–65; < Latin < Greek ��ǳ�í�� darkness (from its shadow)

Origin of scotia²

< Latin: Scotland. See Scot, -ia

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of scotia¹

C16: via Latin from Greek skotia, from skotos darkness (from the shadow in the cavity)

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She is speaking to BBC News from the Bus Stop Theatre, an intimate auditorium with a little under 100 seats, in the eastern city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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To achieve the special effects of the solar eclipse, the house was reassembled on the largest blue screen sound stage in the world, constructed ad hoc at a hockey arena in Nova Scotia.

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A buoy attached to the rope had contact details for a fisherman in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Some provinces also took action themselves, including Ontario and Nova Scotia.

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In Nova Scotia, Premier Tim Houston said his province will ban American companies from bidding on provincial contracts, as will Ontario.

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