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Scotlandshire is a term sometimes used to denote either the anglicization of Scotland or the subordinate political relationship with England that some percieve Scotland as having. By placing the suffix -shire after the nation's name, the term attempts to parody the early modern tendency to place the word -shire after some ancient Scottish regions, as well as implicating in a tongue-in-cheek manner that Scotland has the status of an English county, rather than that of a distinct nation. Hence, the term is very often political in nature, and may be regarded as pejorative.

Several historic, former comital regions of Scotland have at times had the word -shire added when Scotland broadly adopted the county system of England during the 15th-18th centuries:

  • Argyll - Argyllshire
  • Bute - Buteshire
  • Moray - Morayshire
  • Ross - Ross-shire

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