Isle Of Bute
The Isle of Bute, called Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, UK. It is divided into highland and also lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a basic island of the larger Region 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 exact same period. The name "Bute" is of uncertain origin. Watson and Mac an Tàilleir assistance a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), probably of signal fires. This referral to beacon fires might date from the Viking period, when the island was possibly understood to the Norse as Bót. Various 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 during the Viking age as Rothesay, perhaps describing the personal name Roth or Roderick and also the Old Norse suffix ey ("island"). This name was ultimately taken by the primary town on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("town of Bute").
