scotia

¹

[ skoh-shuh ]

noun

, Architecture.

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

Scotia

²

[ skoh-shuh ]

noun

, Literary.

1. Scotland.

scotia

/ ˈskəʊʃə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of scotia¹

1555–65; < Latin < Greek skotía darkness (from its shadow)

Origin of scotia²

< Latin: Scotland. See Scot, -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of scotia¹

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

Example Sentences

I found that Channel3Now was connected to a man named Farhan Asif in Pakistan, as well as a hockey player in Nova Scotia and someone who claimed to be called Kevin.

From BBC

It wasn’t “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels calling to ask him to play Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Walz or anything related to his 2-year-old Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, Sonny, who, since we last spoke, has mostly outgrown his chewing and now seems content to listen to banjo music all the livelong day.

From Los Angeles Times

What connects a dad living in Lahore in Pakistan, an amateur hockey player from Nova Scotia - and a man named Kevin from Houston, Texas?

From BBC

A Nova Scotia amateur hockey player called James is the first person I track down linked to Channel3Now.

From BBC

Briton Sarah Packwood and her Canadian husband Brett Clibbery are thought to have abandoned their yacht and perished before washing up on Sable Island near Nova Scotia in Canada on 12 July.

From BBC