Top 10 Facts About Scotland
Yes. Aside from the fact that the UK is still a member of the EU as of this moment, the UK was a European nation long before the EU was created and will remain a European nation after they leave the EU. The people's vote did not cause the country to move to a different position on the globe and it did not redefine the area of land we consider to be Europe. Membership in the EU is not what defines a nation as being European.
This item is correct because Europe is a continent, a geographical notion. European Union (EU) is a socio-economic and political union of countries from this continent, Europe. Leaving the EU doesn't mean the UK left Europe and went to Asia. Switzerland has never been a member of the EU but it has always been in Europe. So the item is correct: Scotland IS in Europe (and not in Asia or Africa).
Pretty sure everyone knew that, but still.
This name for Scotland is related to the Proto-Celtic word Albi̯iū, which in Latin became Albion or Albania, and Anglicised as Albany.
For the Celtic languages, it is is Alba in Scottish Gaelic, Albain in Irish Gaelic, Nalbin in Manx, and Alban in Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.
The Roman Empire used the word (Albion) to refer to the entire island of what is now called Great Britain. The northern region of Britain (now Scotland) controlled largely by the Picts and Caledonian tribes was called Caledonia by the Romans. The name Caledonia came from the Pictish tribes known as the Caledonii. The Caledonian Canal today connects the Scottish Highlands east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland.
From the 5th to 10th centuries, early Scotland was home to the Picts, the Britons, Angles and the Vikings. The Gaels were known as the Dál Riata. The Romans used the term Scoti to describe the Gaels from the 4th century onward. The Scoti ...more