![]() ![]() 1078–1124) used the words Rex Scottorum on his great seal, as did many of his successors up to and including James VI. Basileus Scottorum appears on the great seal of King Edgar (1074–1107). This style was subsequently copied by the Scottish kings. The word Scottorum was again used by an Irish king in 1005: Imperator Scottorum was the title given to Brian Bóruma by his notary, Mael Suthain, in the Book of Armagh. In the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the word Scot is mentioned as a reference to the "Land of the Gaels". It is of note that Bede used the word natio (nation) for the Scots, where he often refers to other peoples, such as the Picts, with the word gens (race). 672 or 673 – 27 May, 735) uses the word Scottorum for the nation from Ireland who settled part of the Pictish lands: " Scottorum nationem in Pictorum parte recipit." This can be inferred to mean the arrival of the people, also known as the Gaels, in the Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the western edge of Scotland. Originally the Romans used Scotia to refer to Ireland. Canada has the highest level of Scottish descendants per capita in the world and the second-largest population of Scottish descendants, after the United States. The highest concentrations of people of Scottish descent in the world outside of Scotland are in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in Canada, Otago and Murihiku/Southland in New Zealand, the Falkland Islands, and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. ![]() Large populations of Scottish people settled the ' New World' lands of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Emigration, influenced by factors such as the Highland and Lowland Clearances, Scottish emigration to various locales throughout the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, have resulted in the spread of Scottish languages and culture. People of Scottish descent live in many countries. Considered pejorative by some, the term Scotch has also been used for Scottish people, now primarily outwith Scotland. The Latin word Scoti originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In the High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the following two centuries, the Celtic-speaking Cumbrians of Strathclyde and the Germanic-speaking Angles of north Northumbria became part of Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or Alba) in the 9th century. ![]() ![]() The Scots ( Scots: Scots Fowk Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland.
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