Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, referred to as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided right into highland and also lowland locations by the Highland Boundary Fault. Previously a basic island of the larger Area of Bute, it is now part of the council area of Argyll and also Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decrease of just over 10% from the number of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a background of Scottish island populations all at once growing by 4% to 103,702 for the exact same period. The name "Bute" is of uncertain beginning. Watson and also Mac an Tàilleir support a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), perhaps of signal fires. This reference to beacon fires may date from the Viking duration, when the island was probably understood to the Norse as Bót. Other possible derivations consist of Brythonic budh ("corn"), "victory", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no most likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was additionally known during the Viking era as Rothesay, potentially referring to the personal name Roth or Roderick and 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").