Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, known as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, UK. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Previously a constituent island of the larger Area of Bute, it is currently 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 background of Scottish island populations overall expanding by 4% to 103,702 for the exact same duration. The name "Bute" is of uncertain origin. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir support a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), maybe of signal fires. This reference to beacon fires may date from the Viking duration, when the island was probably recognized to the Norse as Bót. Other possible derivations include Brythonic budh ("corn"), "triumph", St Brendan, or both, his reclusive cell. There is no likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was additionally known during the Viking era as Rothesay, potentially referring to the personal name Roth or Roderick and also the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was at some point taken by the main town on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("community of Bute").