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Dekka00
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Scotland has been given many names,
Caledonia - Romans
Alba/Alban - Gaelic (still used) also supposedly called this (or Albion) by greek sailors.
Pretanikai nesoi - Contributed to the Greek sailor Pytheas as early as 300 BCE.
Pryten - Pictish form of the Irish, became Briton in the Teutonic.
North Britain - Official name used in the Highland clearances
Scotland - comes from the Scotii clan from Ireland who settled in Dalriada
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_...ame_of_Scotland
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According to the "Scotichronicon" - one of the earliest histories of Scotland written in the 1440s, there was a legend that a Greek prince called Gaythelos was banished, with his wife Scota, the daughter of an Egyptian Pharoah. He sailed westwards and landed in Spain. From there, he and his followers explored further and one of his sons, named Hiber, found an island (later called Ireland) which he named Scotia, after his mother. So Gaythelos' name gave rise to "Gaelic", Hiber gave rise to Hibernia and Scota gave rise to Scotia and then Scotland. The Scotichronicon does not explain, however, why Ireland is no longer called Scotia and why the Scoti came to Argyll. |
http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow_scotname.htm
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02-09-2008 02:40 PM
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