Scotland/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ^[e]
• Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. ^[e]

Subtopics

Nota bene: For a list of famous Scots, see the Catalog subpage section

Geography

• Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
• Regions of England
• Council areas of Scotland
• Scottish Highlands [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Edinburgh [r]: The capital of Scotland. ^[e]
• Glasgow [r]: The largest city in Scotland, located on the River Clyde and a great shipbuilding centre during the Industrial Revolution; population about 581,000. ^[e]
• Aberdeen [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dundee [r]: A seaport (est. 1995 pop. 168,000) situated on the Firth of Tay, an inlet of the North Sea, in Scotland. ^[e]

Culture

• Scottish people
• Highland games [r]: Festivals held throughout the year and in many countries of the world whose purpose is to celebrate the culture and heritage of Scotland and especially the Scottish Highlands. ^[e]

Language

• Scottish English [r]: All varieties of English spoken in Scotland; may not include Scots where this is identified as a language in its own right. ^[e]
• English language [r]: A West Germanic language widely spoken in the United Kingdom, its territories and dependencies, Commonwealth countries and former colonial outposts of the British Empire; has developed the status of a global language. ^[e]
• Scots language [r]: A West Germanic variety spoken in southern Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland, which has been identified as either a separate language from English or (over-simplistically) a dialect of English, according to various cultural and linguistic perspectives; shares much with English due to a shared linguistic history, but has developed separately for many centuries. ^[e]
• Scottish Gaelic language [r]: A Goidelic Celtic language spoken in Scotland and Canada. ^[e]

History

• Scottish Enlightenment [r]: A period in 18th century Scotland characterized by a great outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. ^[e]
• Treaty of Union (1707) [r]: The Treaty of Union, which led to the Acts of Union, refers to the joint actions of the parliaments of England and Scotland in 1707 which united the two previously independent countries to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. ^[e]

Other related topics

• England [r]: The largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom, and location of the largest city and seat of government, London; population about 51,000,000. ^[e]
• Wales [r]: A country of the United Kingdom that historically was considered a principality; population about 3,000,000. ^[e]
• Northern Ireland [r]: Part of the United Kingdom comprising six of the nine counties of the Irish province of Ulster; population about 1,800,000. ^[e]