Scottish clans

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cultural tradition kinship group social institution

Scottish clans are traditional kinship-based social groups in Scotland, historically led by chiefs and associated with specific territories, tartans, and shared ancestry.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Scottish Highland clans	1

Statements (101)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural tradition ⓘ kinship group ⓘ social institution ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
culturalSymbolOf	Scottish Highlands ⓘ Scottish identity ⓘ
governedBy	Scottish clan system ⓘ
hasAspect	clan crest badge ⓘ clan feuds ⓘ clan lands ⓘ clan society ⓘ clan tartan ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	clan badges ⓘ clan mottos ⓘ distinct tartan patterns ⓘ feudal military obligations ⓘ hereditary leadership ⓘ shared ancestry tradition ⓘ shared surname ⓘ territorial association ⓘ war cries ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	chief ⓘ chieftain ⓘ
hasLegalRecognition	Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ surface form: Scots law
hasOrganization	Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs ⓘ
hasPart	Clan Bruce ⓘ Clan Buchanan ⓘ Clan Cameron ⓘ Clan Cameron ⓘ surface form: Clan Cameron of Lochiel Clan Campbell ⓘ Clan Chisholm ⓘ Clan Colquhoun ⓘ Clan Donald ⓘ Clan Donald ⓘ surface form: Clan Donald of Sleat Clan Douglas ⓘ Clan Drummond ⓘ Clan Fraser ⓘ Clan Gordon ⓘ Clan Grant ⓘ Clan Gunn ⓘ Clan Hay ⓘ Clan Johnstone ⓘ Clan Keith ⓘ Clan Kerr ⓘ Clan Lamont ⓘ Clan Lindsay ⓘ Clan MacAulay ⓘ clan MacDonald ⓘ surface form: Clan MacDonald Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan ⓘ clan MacDonald ⓘ surface form: Clan MacDonald of Clanranald Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg ⓘ clan MacDonald ⓘ surface form: Clan MacDonald of Glencoe clan MacDonald ⓘ surface form: Clan MacDonald of Glengarry Clan MacDonald of Keppoch ⓘ Clan MacDougall ⓘ Clan MacDuff ⓘ Clan MacEwen ⓘ Clan MacFarlane ⓘ Clan MacGregor ⓘ Clan MacInnes ⓘ Clan MacIntosh ⓘ Clan MacIntyre ⓘ Clan MacKay ⓘ Clan MacKenzie ⓘ Clan MacKinnon ⓘ Clan MacLachlan ⓘ Clan MacLaren ⓘ Clan Maclean ⓘ surface form: Clan MacLean Clan MacLeod ⓘ Clan MacMillan ⓘ Clan MacNab ⓘ Clan MacNaughton ⓘ Clan MacNeil ⓘ Clan MacIntosh ⓘ surface form: Clan MacPherson Clan MacQuarrie ⓘ Clan MacRae ⓘ Clan Maxwell ⓘ Clan Munro ⓘ Clan Murray ⓘ Clan Ogilvy ⓘ Clan Robertson ⓘ Clan Ross ⓘ Clan Sinclair ⓘ Clan Stewart ⓘ Clan Sutherland ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Culloden ⓘ Jacobite risings ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced	Scottish diaspora culture ⓘ Scottish heraldry ⓘ Scottish tartan traditions ⓘ
languageOfTradition	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn	Islands of Scotland ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish Lowlands
regulatedBy	Lord Lyon King of Arms (in heraldic aspects) ⓘ surface form: Lord Lyon King of Arms
relatedTo	Highland Clearances ⓘ surface form: Highland clearances Irish clans ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Highland games → associatedWith → Scottish clans ⓘ

MacDouglas → hasCulturalAssociation → Scottish clans ⓘ

First War of Scottish Independence → supportedBy → Scottish clans ⓘ

Jacobite rising of 1715 → supportedBy → Scottish clans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Highland clans