Caledonian

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Caledonian is a geographical term used to refer to places, species, or items in or from Scotland, or particularly the Scottish Highlands. It derives from Caledonia, the Roman name for the area of modern Scotland.

Caledonian is also used to refer to places or people in or from New Caledonia.

Caledonian may also refer to:

Transport

Caledonian (ship), several ships with the name
Caledonian (locomotive), an early locomotive of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Caledonian, discontinued British passenger train
Caledonian Airways, former Scottish airline
Caledonian Canal, between Inverness and Fort William, Scotland
Caledonian Railway, former Scottish railway company
Caledonian Railway (Brechin), preserved steam railway
Caledonian Road (disambiguation), the name of several places in London, England
Caledonian Sleeper, a sleeper train service in Scotland

Sports

Caledonian F.C., former football club from Inverness
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., football club created in 1994 by the merger of Caledonian F.C. and Inverness Thistle F.C.
- Caledonian Stadium, football stadium in Inverness opened in 1996, home ground of the above
Caledonian Ground, sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand

Other uses

Caledonians, an ancient tribal confederation
Caledonian orogeny, a geological event
Caledonian Brewery, in Edinburgh, Scotland
Caledonian Forest, the native woodland of Highland Scotland
Caledonian Hall, a historic building in Holyoke, Massachusetts
Caledonian-Record, a newspaper published in Vermont, USA
Glasgow Caledonian University, in Glasgow, Scotland

It is also used by Scottish institutions or societies around the world, or by groups with Scottish ancestry. For example, the Caledonian Club in London.