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The [[Late Latin]] word ''[[Scotia]]'' (''land of the Scot(t)i''), although initially used to refer to [[Ireland]], by the 11th century at the latest the name Scotland was being used by English writers to refer to the (Gaelic-speaking) Kingdom of Alba north of the [[river Forth]]. Some of the earliest surviving documents to mention the word ''Scotland'' include versions of the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' from Abingdon, Worcester and Laud, written during the 11th Century, which state that prior to the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]] in 1066, Earl [[Tostig Godwinson|Tostig]] had sought refuge in ''Scotland'' under the protection of [[Malcolm III]], King of Scots.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A599691 Swanton, M. (2000) ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles''. London. Phoenix Press.] Quoted by bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.battleoffulford.org.uk/li_chronicles_2.htm "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles"] Source: Garmonsway, G.N. (1994) ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''. Everyman. Retrieved 14 October 2007.</ref> 'Scotland' was employed alongside ''Albania'' or ''Albany'', from the Gaelic ''[[Alba]]''.<ref name="Brewer">{{cite book | last = Ayto | first = John |author2=Ian Crofton | title = Brewer's Britain & Ireland : The History, Culture, Folklore and Etymology of 7500 Places in These Islands | publisher = WN | isbn = 0-304-35385-X }}</ref> The use of the words ''Scots'' and ''Scotland'' to encompass all of what is now Scotland became common only in the [[Scotland in the Late Middle Ages|Late Middle Ages]].<ref name=Keay>Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) ''Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland''. London. HarperCollins.</ref>
In a modern political context, the word Scot is applied equally to all [[
The Scots Gaelic name for [[Scotland]], Alba, derives from the same [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] root as the name [[Albion]], which properly designates the entire island of [[Great Britain]] but, by implication as used by foreigners, sometimes the country of [[England]], Scotland's southern neighbour which covers the largest portion of the island of Britain. The term arguably derives from an early Indo-European word meaning 'white', generally held to refer to the cliffs of white [[chalk]] around the English town of [[Dover]], ironically located at the furthest end of Great Britain from Scotland itself. Others take it to come from the same root as "[[Alps|the Alps]]", possibly being an ancient word for mountain and therefore related to the north end of Britain.
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