English 'Scotland' means 'land of the Scots' — but 'Scot' originally meant an Irish Gaelic raider, and the name transferred from Ireland to northern Britain as Gaelic settlers colonized the region from the 5th century onward.
A country forming the northern part of the island of Great Britain, part of the United Kingdom.
English 'Scotland' means 'land of the Scots'. The 'Scot-' element derives from Latin 'Scottus/Scottī', which originally referred to the Gaelic-speaking Irish. The Latin name likely comes from Old Irish — possibly connected to a word meaning 'raider' or 'wanderer', though the exact etymology is uncertain. In late Roman and early medieval usage, 'Scotti' meant Irish raiders and settlers. The Scots (Gaelic-speaking Irish from Dál Riata in northeastern Ireland