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In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. The Latin word Scoti originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland.
Alba, which is cognate with the Irish term “Alba”, referred to the kingdom formed by the union of the Picts and Scots under Kenneth MacAlpin in 843. It is thought that the word comes from the Greek “Albion”, meaning “white land”, which was initially used to refer to Britain as a whole.
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba [ˈal̪ˠapə] ( listen)) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, Scotland is the second-largest country in the United Kingdom, and accounted for 8.3% of the population in 2012.
Later, Scotland was referred to as "Albann." In Celtic, Al or Alba means high, whereas "Inn" means large island. The Pictish and later Scottish kings referred to themselves as "Kings of Alba" up until the Norman usurpation of the Scottish throne after MacBeth.
Caledonia (/ˌkælɪˈdoʊniə/; Latin: Calēdonia [kaleːˈdonia]) was the Latin name used by the Roman Empire to refer to the part of Great Britain (Latin: Britannia) that lies north of the River Forth, which includes most of the land area of Scotland.
Let's start with the country. Originally, and sometimes still given as “Alba,” it has mostly settled into “Albain” in modern Irish. Traditionally, “Albain” was specifically the dative case, used after prepositions, as in “go hAlbain,” “ó Albain,” “in Albain” (or the earlier version, “i nAlbain“).
Hibernia, in ancient geography, one of the names by which Ireland was known to Greek and Roman writers. Other names were Ierne, Iouernia and (H)iberio. All these are adaptations of a stem from which Erin and Eire are also derived.
The Kingdom of Alba (Latin: Scotia; Old Irish: Alba) was the Kingdom of Scotland between the deaths of Donald II in 900 and of Alexander III in 1286.
Shaped by our rich history and vibrant culture, the ancient Celtic language of Gaelic is still spoken throughout Scotland. Gaelic has been part of the Scottish consciousness for centuries and is considered to be the founding language of the country.
Scotswoman. / (ˈskɒtsˌwʊmən) / nounplural -women. a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
Dinnae teach yer Granny tae suck eggs
This phrase means that you shouldn't try to teach someone something that they already have a lot of knowledge about.
What is the Scottish word for friend? Charaid, or Mo Charaid for my friend, is the official answer, but colloquially the terms I have heard most seem to be chum and pal!
Spelling Eire rather than Éire
This was altered by the Ireland Act 1949, where the English-law name of the state was changed to "Republic of Ireland". The 1938 Act was repealed in 1981, and in 1996 a British journalist described Eire as "now an oddity rarely used, an out-of-date reference".
Pre-1919. Following the Norman invasion, Ireland was known as Dominus Hiberniae, the Lordship of Ireland from 1171 to 1541, and the Kingdom of Ireland from 1541 to 1800. From 1801 to 1922 it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as a constituent country.
Ireland is older than Britain — yes, believe it or not, and long before Brexit, way back in 12,000 BC, because of funny technical things to do with Ice-Ages and continental drifts, Ireland upped and left the landmass of what we call Europe.
The earliest surnames found in Scotland occur during the reign of David I, King of Scots (1124–53). These were Anglo-Norman names which had become hereditary in England before arriving in Scotland (for example, the contemporary surnames de Brus, de Umfraville, and Ridel).
BONNIE – A quintessential Scottish name that will never go out of fashion, Bonnie is the Scots word for beautiful, pretty, stunning and attractive. SENGA – The backwards spelling of Agnes, Senga is a traditional Scottish name that means pure and chaste.
One of the easiest ways to tell if you might have Scottish ancestry is by your surname, or that of your family members. You might think of Scottish surnames as being 'Mc' or 'Mac' names, like MacGregor or MacDonald, but there's actually a lot more variety in Scottish surnames.
Scotland's connection to the ancient civilisation is visible in Scotland's ancient name, "Caledonia", which may have come from Caledon, an ancient city-state in Ancient Greece which experienced migrations to the place that we now call Scotland.
Viking Scotland, known as Lothlend, Laithlinn, Lochlainn and comprising the Northern and Western Isles and parts of the mainland, especially Caithness, Sutherland and Inverness, was settled by Norwegian Vikings in the early ninth century.
In the tenth and eleventh centuries, northern Great Britain was increasingly dominated by Gaelic culture, and by a Gaelic regal lordship known in Gaelic as " Alba", in Latin as either "Albania" or " Scotia", and in English as "Scotland".