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 constituent island of the bigger Region 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 just over 10% from the number of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a background of Scottish island populations in its entirety expanding by 4% to 103,702 for the same period. The name "Bute" is of unclear beginning. Watson and also Mac an Tàilleir assistance a derivation from Old Irish bót ("fire"), maybe in reference to signal fires. This referral to beacon fires might date from the Viking period, when the island was most likely recognized to the Norse as Bót. Other possible derivations include Brythonic budh ("corn"), "victory", St Brendan, or both, his monastic cell. There is no likely derivation from Ptolemy's Ebudae. The island was likewise known throughout the Viking period 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 main community on the island, whose Gaelic name is Baile Bhòid ("community of Bute").