Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Scotia was originally the Latin name for Ireland (also known to the Romans as Hibernia). Use of the name shifted in the Middle ages to designate Scotland, since many of the Irish Scotii colonised that area which the Romans referred to as Caledonia. Nowadays, the term can still be found in Nova Scotia, or New Scotland, a Canadian province, and in Scotiabank (a trade name for the Bank of Nova Scotia). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.