Caledonian is a geographical term used to refer to places, species, or items in or from

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

, or particularly the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands (; , ) is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Scots language, Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gae ...

. It derives from

Caledonia Caledonia (; ) was the Latin name used by the Roman Empire to refer to the forested region in the central and western Scottish Highlands, particularly stretching through parts of what are now Lochaber, Badenoch, Strathspey, and possibly as ...

, the Roman name for the area of modern Scotland. Caledonian is also used to refer to places or people in or from

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

. Caledonian may also refer to:

Transport

* ''Caledonian'' (ship), several ships with the name * Caledonian (locomotive), an early locomotive of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway *

The Caledonian ''The Caledonian'' was a British express passenger train of the 1950s and 1960s running between and , rail directions#Up and down, up in the morning, due into London in mid-afternoon, and down in the afternoon, with a Glasgow arrival in the ...

, discontinued British passenger train *

Caledonian Airways Caledonian Airways was a wholly private, independentindependent from government-owned corporations charter airline in the United Kingdom formed in April 1961. It began with a single 104-seat Douglas DC-7#DC-7C, Douglas DC-7C aircraft lease, ...

, former Scottish airline *

Caledonian Canal The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford. Route The can ...

, between Inverness and Fort William, Scotland *

Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively ex ...

, former Scottish railway company *

Caledonian Railway (Brechin) The Caledonian Railway (Brechin) Ltd is a private limited company formed by a group of steam railway enthusiasts, the Brechin Railway Preservation Society, with the object of operating a railway service on the former Caledonian Railway line be ...

, preserved steam railway * Caledonian Road (disambiguation), the name of several places in London, England *

Caledonian Sleeper ''Caledonian Sleeper'' is the collective name for overnight Sleeping car, sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is one of only two currently operating sleeper services on the railway in the United Kingdom ...

, a sleeper train service in Scotland

Sports

* Caledonian F.C., former football club from Inverness * Caledonian F.C. (Glasgow), former football club from Glasgow * Caledonian F.C. (Aberdeen), former football club from Aberdeen *

Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...

, football club created in 1994 by the merger of Caledonian F.C. and Inverness Thistle F.C. **

Caledonian Stadium Caledonian Stadium is a football ground in the Longman area of Inverness, Scotland, near the banks of the Moray Firth. It hosts home matches of Scottish League One club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. History Inverness Caledonian Thistle was fo ...

, football stadium in Inverness opened in 1996, home ground of the above *

Caledonian Ground The Caledonian Ground, often simply known as "The Caley", is a major sports venue in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is primarily used for football (soccer) and athletics, and has a capacity of 7,500. Location The Caledonian Ground is curre ...

, sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand

Other uses

Caledonians The Caledonians (; or '; , ''Kalēdōnes'') or the Caledonian Confederacy were a Brittonic-speaking (Celtic) tribal confederacy in what is now Scotland during the Iron Age and Roman eras. The Greek form of the tribal name gave rise to the ...

, an ancient tribal confederation *

Caledonian orogeny The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe. The Caledonian orogeny encompasses events tha ...

, a geological event *

Caledonian Brewery Caledonian Brewery was a Scottish brewery founded in 1869 in the Shandon, Edinburgh, Shandon area of Edinburgh, Scotland. History Early years When it was founded in 1869, the brewery was named the Lorimer and Clark Caledonian Brewery, after it ...

, in Edinburgh, Scotland *

Caledonian Forest The Caledonian Forest is the ancient (old-growth) temperate forest of Scotland. The forest today is a reduced-extent version of the pre-human-settlement forest, existing in several dozen remnant areas. The Scots pines of the Caledonian Forest ...

, the native woodland of Highland Scotland *

Caledonian Hall The Caledonia Building, also known as Caledonian Hall or The Caledonian, is a historic commercial building located at 185–193 High Street in downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. Built in 1874, it is one of that commercial district's finest example ...

, a historic building in Holyoke, Massachusetts *

Caledonian-Record ''The Caledonian-Record'' is a daily newspaper published in St. Johnsbury, Vermont and primarily circulates throughout Caledonia County, Vermont, Caledonia County. It was established in 1837.

, a newspaper published in Vermont, USA *

Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University, informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley (), is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and Glasgow Polytechnic (originally Glasg ...

, in Glasgow, Scotland *

Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (RCHS), also known as the Caley, is the national horticultural society of Scotland, and was founded in 1809. Members include both amateur and professional, generalists, specialists and those who simply ...

, also known as the Caley It is also used by Scottish institutions or societies around the world, or by groups with Scottish ancestry. For example, the

Caledonian Club The Caledonian Club is a prestigious Scottish-focused London members' club located at 9 Halkin Street SW1, near Belgrave Square in Belgravia, London, SW1. The Club has a significant history intertwined with both the military and civilian face ...

in London.

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