Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, called Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is split into highland and lowland locations by the Highland Boundary Fault. Previously a constituent island of the larger Region of Bute, it is currently part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decrease of simply over 10% from the figure of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a history of Scottish island populations all at once expanding by 4% to 103,702 for the very same duration. The name "Bute" is of unclear beginning. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir assistance a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), perhaps in reference to signal fires. This recommendation to beacon fires might date from the Viking period, when the island was possibly known to the Norse as Bót. Various other feasible derivations consist of Brythonic budh ("corn"), "triumph", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was additionally recognized during the Viking age as Rothesay, possibly describing the personal name Roth or Roderick and the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was ultimately taken by the major town on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("town of Bute").
