Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, known as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is split into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a basic 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 just over 10% from the number 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 duration. The name "Bute" is of unsure beginning. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir support a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), perhaps in reference to signal fires. This reference to beacon fires may date from the Viking duration, when the island was probably understood to the Norse as Bót. Various other possible derivations consist of Brythonic budh ("corn"), "success", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was additionally understood throughout the Viking era 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 community on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("community of Bute").
