CALEDONIAN CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caledonian Canal mean? 

• CALEDONIAN CANAL (noun)
  The noun CALEDONIAN CANAL has 1 sense:

1. a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used

  Familiarity information: CALEDONIAN CANAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALEDONIAN CANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

Holonyms ("Caledonian Canal" is a part of...):

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)