Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, known as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided right into highland and lowland locations by the Highland Boundary Fault. Previously a constituent island of the bigger Area of Bute, it is currently part of the council area of Argyll as well as Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of just over 10% from the number of 7,228 recorded in 2001 versus a background of Scottish island populations overall expanding by 4% to 103,702 for the same period. The name "Bute" is of unpredictable origin. Watson as well as Mac an Tàilleir support a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), perhaps of signal fires. This recommendation to beacon fires might date from the Viking duration, when the island was possibly recognized to the Norse as Bót. Other feasible derivations include Brythonic budh ("corn"), "triumph", St Brendan, or both, his monastic cell. There is no most likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was also understood during the Viking era as Rothesay, perhaps referring to the personal name Roth or Roderick as well as the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was at some point taken by the main community on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("community of Bute").
