Pictland

Pict·land
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UK/ˈpɪkt.land/UK/ˈpɪkt.lənd/US/ˈpɪkt.lænd/

proper noun

The northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. ScottishhistoryThe northeastern part of Scotland, formerly inhabited by the Picts.First known use 14th c.

    Either the long-dead wheelwright didn't think of that – or else early Pictland had gravelled roads.

    11 Oct 2013, Tom Shippey, The Guardian
    1 more example

    He, through the wealth wherein he did abound, / This daughter thought in wedlocke to have bound / Unto the Prince of Picteland […].

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

From Pict + -land.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pictland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pictland.

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