Scotia was originally a Latin name for the north of Ireland (the entire island wwhen known to the Romans as Hibernia). Utilize of the title shifted in the Middle ages to designate Dalriada (a kingdom approximating modern day Argyll and Bute, Scotland), since many of the Irish Scotii colonised that area.

A Scotii afterwards gained a kingdom of a Picts, unifying a freshly state, a Kingdom of Scotland, inside 843 (a region which the Romans referred experienced known as Caledonia).

the term is likewise utilized inside a Canadian province named Nova Scotia (New Scotland); a village of Scotia in New York State, and around Scotiabank, a marque for the Bank of Nova Scotia.