Sentence examples for caledonia from inspiring English sources
proper noun
Latin name for Scotland, the northern part of the island of Britannia.
Our cause of a free Caledonia is not quite lost.
The grizzled Scots actor Brian Cox, then living in New York, and the more elfin Alan Cumming, another US exile, were sent on stage, as was the folk singer Dougie MacLean, to perform his nationalist anthem Caledonia in a duet with a young Glaswegian indie singer Lou Hickey.
As the canvassing teams fanned out across the south side of Glasgow, one group tackled a 23-storey tower block on Caledonia Road in the Gorbals.
Homage to Caledonia ReprintsThe book in question, claimed its detractors, was officially recommended as part of a new government project, ABCD of Equality, that is designed to counter gender stereotyping at a young age.
In November the two sides signed an agreement under which France would allow New Caledonia considerable autonomy between 2000 and 2014, when there will be a referendum on independence.
New Caledonia came to the world's attention in the 1980s, when fighting broke out between French settlers and the territory's Melanesian people, known as Kanaks.
Twenty nine countries will be represented in the festival, including Taiwan, New Caledonia, Croatia and Iran, as well as the UK, France, the USA, Russia and Australia – but not, for some reason, India, or any countries from Africa.
A nickel investment under way at Goro in New Caledonia may show whether Vale has the skills to manage a big, technically demanding mining project.If Vale's foreign ventures go poorly, that may not worry Brazil's government.
Reserves are now seen as a way to protect fish stocks in developing and developed countries alike.Three researchers based in Nouméa in New Caledonia, 800 miles off the east coast of Australia, recently published a study* on how reserves can protect coral reefs.
Vale bought a big Canadian copper producer and is developing a huge copper mine in New Caledonia.
On September 17th, a model law, drafted by Dr Puri and co-sponsored by UNESCO, will be unveiled at a meeting of Pacific island states in New Caledonia.
