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Corrected mistake. The mythology of Scota applied only to Ireland, known as Scotia & not Scotland. It would be more appropriate to use Ireland. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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[[File:Scota & Gaedel Glas.jpg|thumb|upright|The founders of Scotia of late medieval legend, [[Scota]] with [[Goídel Glas]], voyaging from [[Egypt]], as depicted in a 15th-century manuscript of the ''[[Scotichronicon]]'' of [[Walter Bower]].]]
'''[[Scotland]]''' ({{lang-gd|Alba}} {{IPA-gd|ˈal̪ˠapə|}}) is a [[country]]<ref name="Country"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iso.org/iso/newsletter_i-9.pdf|title=ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Date: 2007-11-28 No I-9. "Changes in the list of subdivision names and code elements" (Page 11)|access-date=2008-05-31|work=[[International Organization for Standardization]] codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions -- Part 2: Country subdivision codes|quote=SCT Scotland ''country''}}</ref> that occupies the northern third of the island of [[Great Britain]] and forms part of the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Country">{{cite web|url=http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page823.asp|title=Countries within a country|access-date=2007-09-10|work=10 Downing Street|quote=The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland}}</ref> The name of ''Scotland'' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''[[Scoti]]'', the term applied to [[Gaels]]. The origin of the word ''[[
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