Sutherland
Sutherland is a Scottish surname and place name, referring to a historic county in the far north of Scotland.
The name means "southern land"—puzzling until you realize it was named by Norse settlers, for whom it lay south of their Scandinavian homelands.
Notable bearers include actress Joan Sutherland and actors Donald and Kiefer Sutherland.
Local administrative division
- HighlandsNamed elevated regions
- croftingScottish tenant farming
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
- VikingMedieval Nordic raider
clearances · Gaelic · remote · rugged · lochs · glens · moorland · sheep
German for jaw
- DonaldGaelic masculine name
- 24Hours per day
- MASHCombat zone hospital
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
Emmy · Golden Globe · Jack Bauer · Hawkeye · thriller · television · film · Canadian
county
Local administrative division
- HighlandsNamed elevated regions
- croftingScottish tenant farming
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
Viking · clearances · Gaelic · remote · rugged · lochs · glens · moorland · sheep · evictions
Kiefer
German for jaw
Hollywood · Emmy · Golden Globe · Jack Bauer · Hawkeye · thriller · television · film · Canadian · dynasty
Scottish
Of that northern kingdom
genealogy · ancestry · heritage · lineage · family · crest · motto · chieftain · coat of arms · peerage
evictions
Legally forcing tenants out
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- landlordsRental property owners
sheep · tenant · crofters · diaspora · forced · migration · Highland · tragedy · memorial · history
- Australian PlacesSydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra
- British ArtBritish painters, Tate, David Hockney, Tate Gallery, Francis Bacon
- British NobilityYork, Windsor, Cambridge, Kent, Cornwall
- Historic CountiesMiddlesex, Rutland, Cumberland, Berkshire, Sussex
- opera singerssoprano, tenor, baritone, mezzo-soprano, contralto
- Scottish geographyEdinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Highlands, Hebrides