Caithness

n. 凯思内斯郡（苏格兰草原郡名）

发音

SCOT /ˈkeθnɛs/
US /ˈkeɪθnɪs/
US /keɪθˈnɛs/

别名

Cai.

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A historical county in the far north of Scotland, which was abolished and merged into Highland Region in 1975, which became the Highland council area in 1996.

  2. 2.

    A Scottish earldom.

  3. 3.

    A type of cheese from Caithness in Scotland.

相关短语

Ord of Caithness

词源

The placename is of Pictish origin, named after a tribe called the Catti, with the common Old Norse suffix -ness (“headland”). The tribe name is of uncertain origin, but compare *katus (“battle”).

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