Lothian

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Scotland/ˈlo.ði.ən/Scotland[ˈloː.ði.ən]UK/ˈləʊ.ði.ən/US/ˈloʊ.ði.ən/

proper noun

An area and former region of Scotland, including Edinburgh.

OriginOld English Loðene ← Proto-Brythonic *Lugudūniānā ← Proto-Celtic *lutā →
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Meanings

proper nounLothian (countable and uncountable, plural Lothians)

plural Lothians

  1. countableuncountableAn area and former region of Scotland, including Edinburgh.

    As the Lothian Plain is reached, collieries and slag heaps begin to appear, although much of the surrounding country remains unspoiled.

    1952 January, H. A. Vallance, “The Waverley Route”, in Railway Magazine, page 16
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA Scottish marquisate.
  4. countableuncountableA habitational surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*lutā
  2. Proto-Brythonic*Lugudūniānā
  3. Old EnglishLoðene
  4. EnglishLothian

From Old English Loðene, Loþene, potentially from Proto-Brythonic *Lugudūniānā, or Proto-Celtic *lutā. According to A. D. Mills, in A Dictionary of British Place Names, named after "one Leudonus".

More words from Old English, Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic

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APA

Lothian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lothian

MLA

“Lothian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lothian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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