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 into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a basic island of the larger Area of Bute, it is currently part of the council location of Argyll and also Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of simply over 10% from the number of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a background of Scottish island populations in its entirety growing by 4% to 103,702 for the same duration. The name "Bute" is of unsure origin. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir assistance a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), probably of signal fires. This recommendation to beacon fires might date from the Viking period, when the island was most likely known 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 likewise known throughout the Viking period as Rothesay, potentially describing the personal name Roth or Roderick and also the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was at some point taken by the primary town on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("town of Bute").
