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SCOTS ENGLISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The language, languages or the dialect of English used in Scotland
Synonyms:
Scots; Scots English; Scottish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Scots English" is a kind of...):
English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)
Domain region:
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Scots English"):
Lallans; Scottish Lallans (a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland)
