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What can you say in English about…?.  Scotland is in north-west Europe and is part of Great Britain and the United Kingdom (UK).  Scotland is a mountainous.

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1 What can you say in English about…?

2  Scotland is in north-west Europe and is part of Great Britain and the United Kingdom (UK).  Scotland is a mountainous country in the north of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England and is bounded by the North Sea on the east and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.  Scotland has some 790 islands - 130 of them are inhabited – Inner and Outer Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland Islands.

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5  Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (No one provokes me with impunity)  Flag: Cross of St Andrew  National Day: 30th November  Area: 78,789 km²  Population: 5,054,800 (2002)  Capital City: Edinburgh  Major Cities: Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow  Official Language: English (Scottish Gaelic is spoken by 1.4 percent of the population)  Nationality :Scottish and British

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7  O Flower of Scotland, When will we see Your like again That fought and died for Your wee bit hill and glen. And stood against him, Proud Edward's army, And sent him homeward To think again. O Fhlùir na h-Alba, cuin a chì sinn an seòrsa laoich a sheas gu bàs 'son am bileag feòir is fraoich, a sheas an aghaidh feachd uailleil Iomhair 's a ruaig e dhachaidh air chaochladh smaoin?

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11  He won several  great battles,but was eventually captured and executed.

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14  Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?  For auld lang syne, my jo, for auld lang syne, we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Auld Lang Syne is sung at Hogmanay (New Years Eve) all over the World.

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19  Loch Lomond (60 km²) is the biggest.

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29 MacDonald McKenzie Sinclair Cameron Campbell Stewart Ferguson

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40  If you want to find out more, go to:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Scotland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Scotland  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Scotla nd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Scotla nd  http://www.projectbritain.com/britain/scotland.ht m http://www.projectbritain.com/britain/scotland.ht m  I HOPE THIS WAS A FUN WAY TO LEARN ABOUT SCOTLAND!

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