Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, called Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is split right into highland and also lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a basic island of the bigger 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 growing by 4% to 103,702 for the same period. The name "Bute" is of unclear origin. Watson and also 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 period, when the island was probably understood to the Norse as Bót. Other possible derivations include Brythonic budh ("corn"), "triumph", St Brendan, or both, his monastic cell. There is no likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was likewise known during the Viking age as Rothesay, possibly 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 primary town on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("community of Bute").
