Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, called Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, UK. It is divided right into highland and also lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Previously a constituent island of the larger County of Bute, it is now part of the council location of Argyll and Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of just over 10% from the figure of 7,228 recorded in 2001 versus a history of Scottish island populations in its entirety expanding by 4% to 103,702 for the same period. The name "Bute" is of unclear beginning. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir assistance a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), possibly in reference to signal fires. This referral to beacon fires might date from the Viking duration, when the island was possibly understood to the Norse as Bót. Various other feasible derivations include Brythonic budh ("corn"), "victory", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no most likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was likewise understood throughout the Viking era as Rothesay, potentially describing the personal name Roth or Roderick as well as the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was at some point taken by the primary community on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("town of Bute").