Scotia is a Latin placename derived from Scoti, a Latin name for the Gaels. |
Click on the link to center on a placename. |
One interpretation of the placename is that it means 'green river' as in the Welsh river named Irfon. |
Wikipedia has a fuller, highly amusing list of counterintuitive placename pronunciations. |
Surely a touch more imagination is available in this place to deal with the legacy of a past where we can't even agree on a placename. |
In the meantime, wood was more likely to be seen as a word in an ancient placename than on the ground. |