This page is a list of place names in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to other parts of the world by Scottish emigrants or explorers, or contain distinctive Scottish surnames as an element.
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/5Views:11 570 8671 2153 181 5372 364 367499 521
-
The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained
-
Countries of the United Kingdom
-
Only a True Genius Can Name The Countries from the Emojis - 99% Fail
-
Every Country in the World (Part 1)
-
Geography Now! Ireland
Transcription
Welcome to the United Kingdom (and a whole lot more) explained by me, C. G. P. Grey The United Kingdom, England, Great Britain? Are these three the same place? Are they different places? Do British people secretly laugh those who use the terms wrongly? Who knows the answers to these questions? I do and I'm going to tell you right now. For the lost: this is the world, this is the European continent and this is the place we have to untangle. The area shown in purple is the United Kingdom. Part of the confusion is that the United Kingdom is not a single country but is instead a country of countries. It contains inside of it four co-equal and sovereign nations The first of these is England — shown here in red. England is often confused with the United Kingdom as a whole because it's the largest and most populous of the nations and contains the de facto capital city, London. To the north is Scotland, shown in blue and to the west is wales, shown in white. And, often forgotten even by those who live in the United Kingdom, is Northern Ireland shown in orange. Each country has a local term for the population. While you can call them all 'British' it's not recommended as the four countries generally don't like each other. The Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh regard the English as slave-driving colonial masters — no matter that all three have their own devolved Parliaments and are allowed to vote on English laws despite the reverse not being true — and the English generally regard the rest as rural yokels who spend too much time with their sheep. However, as the four constituent countries don't have their own passports, they are all British Citizens, like it or not.They are British Citizens of the United Kingdom — whose full name by the way is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So where's Great Britain hiding? Right here: the area covered in black is Great Britain. Unlike England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Great Britain is a geographical rather than a political term. Great Britain is the largest island among the British Isles. Within the United Kingdom, the term 'Great Britain' is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales alone with the intentional exclusion of Northern Ireland. This is mostly, but not completely true, as all three constituent countries have islands that are not part of Great Britain such as The Isle of Wight, part of England, the Welsh Isle of Anglesey and the Scottish Hebrides, The Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, Islands of the Clyde. The second biggest island in the British Isles is Ireland. It is worth noting that Ireland is not a country. Like Great Britain, it is a geographical, not political, term. The Island of Ireland contain on it two countries, Northern Ireland — which we have already discussed — and the Republic of Ireland. When people say they are 'Irish' they are referring to the Republic of Ireland which is a separate country from the United Kingdom. However, both the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are members of the European Union even though England often likes to pretend that it's an Island in the mid-atlantic rather than 50km off the cost of France. But that's a story for another time. To review: The two largest islands in the British Isles are Ireland and Great Britain. Ireland has on it two countries — the republic of ireland and northern ireland, while Great Britain (mostly) contains three: England, Scotland and Wales. These last three, when combined with northern Ireland form the United Kingdom. There are still many unanswered questions. Such as, why, when you travel to Canada is there British Royalty on the money? To answer this, we need to talk about Empire. You can't have gone to school in the English-speaking world without having learned that the British Empire once spanned a 1/4th the worlds land and governed nearly a 1/4th its people. While it is easy to remember the part of the empire that broke away violently... We often forget how many nations gained independence through diplomacy, not bloodshed. These want-to-be nations struck a deal with the empire where they continued to recognize the monarchy as the head of state in exchange for a local, autonomous parliament. To understand how they are connected, we need to talk about the crown. Not the physical crown that sits behind glass in the tower of London and earns millions of tourist pounds for the UK but the crown as a complicated legal entity best thought of a a one-man corporation. Who created this corporation? God Did. According to British Tradition all power is vested in God and the monarch is crowned in a Christian ceremony. God however — not wanted to be bothered with micromanagement — conveniently delegates his power to an entity called the crown. While this used to be the physical crown in the tower of london — it evolved over time into a legal corporation sole able to be controlled only by the ruling monarch. It's a useful reminder that the United Kingdom is still technically a theocracy with the reigning monarch acting as both the head of state and the supreme governor of the official state religion: Anglicanism. Such are the oddities that arise when dealing with a 1,000 year-old Monarchy. Back to Canada and the rest. The former colonies that gained their independence through diplomacy and continue to recognize that authority of the crown are known as the Commonwealth Realm. They are, in decreasing order of population: Canada, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Jamaica, The Solomon Islands, Belize, The Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Tuvalu. All are independent nations but still recognize the monarchy as the head of state even though it has little real power within their borders. There are three further entities that belong to the crown and these are the Crown Dependencies: he Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey. Unlike the Commonwealth Realm, they are not considered independent nations, but are granted local autonomy by the crown and British Citizenship by the United Kingdom — though the UK does reserve the right to over-rule the laws of there local assemblies. Are we all done "now"? Almost, but not quite. There are still a couple of loose threads, such as this place: The tiny city of Gibraltar on the Southern Cost of Spain famous for its rock, its monkeys and for causing diplomatic tension between the United Kingdom and Spain. Or what about the Falkland Islands? Which caused so much tension between the United Kingdom and Argentina that they went to war over them. These places belong in the last group of crown properties know as: British Overseas Territories. But their former name — crown colonies — gives away their origins. They are the last vestiges of the British Empire. Unlike the Commonwealth Realm, they have not become independent nations and continue to rely on the United Kingdom for military and (sometimes) economic assistance. Like the Crown Dependencies, everyone born in their borders is a British Citizen. The Crown colonies are, in decreasing order of population: Bermuda, Cayman Islands,Turks and Caicos Islands, Gibraltar, The British Virgin Islands, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Anguilla, Saint Helena, Ascension Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Montserrat, British Indian Ocean Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands, British Antarctic Territory, Pitcairn Islands. For our final Venn diagram, the United Kingdom is a country situated on the British Isles and is part of The Crown which is controlled by the monarchy. Also part of the crown and the British Isles are the crown dependencies. The independent nations of the former empire that still recognize the crown are the Commonwealth Realm and the non-independent remnants of the former empire are the British Overseas Territories. Thank you very much for watching.
Antarctica
- Ailsa Craig (South Orkney Islands)
- Anderson Peninsula
- Dundee Island and Firth of Tay
- Inverleith Harbour
- McDonald Ice Rumples
- McMurdo Sound, McMurdo Ice Shelf and McMurdo Station
- McIntyre Island
- MacKenzie Bay
- Mount Campbell
- Mount Crawford (Antarctica)
- Mount Dalrymple
- Mount Douglas (Antarctica)
- Mount Hamilton (Antarctica)
- Mount Inverleith
- Mount Kirkpatrick/Kilpatrick and Kirkpatrick Basalt (named for a Glasgow businessman)
- Mount Strathcona
- Robertson Island
- Robertson Islands
- Scotia Arc and Scotia Sea
- South Orkneys
- Cape Geddes
- Laurie Island (named by Scottish National Antarctic Expedition)
- Nigg Rock [1]
- Orcadas Base
- Omond House [2]
- Scotia Bay
- South Shetlands
Argentina
- Armstrong, Santa Fe
- Drysdale, Buenos Aires - a settlement in Carlos Tejador Partido, Argentina
- Henderson, Buenos Aires
- Munro, Buenos Aires (Duncan Mackay Munro)
- Nueva Escocia - Spanish for New Scotland
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Ben Lomond
- Suburbs of Hobart-Glenorchy-
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Barbados
- Names in Bridgetown, Barbados (not a Scottish name)[3]
- Arthurs Seat
- Callendar
- Carrington
- Inch Marlowe (Inchmarlo)
- Montrose
- James Town (King James VI of Scotland)
- Saint James, Barbados
Bermuda
- Callan Glen
- Hamilton
- Hamilton Parish (Note that Hamilton is not in Hamilton Parish)
Bulgaria
- Atolovo (Bulgarian: Атолово, from the Bulgarian transliteration of Atholl and the Slavic toponymic suffix "-ovo")
Canada
- Also note that, unless otherwise stated, province names are not Scottish.
- Alberta
- New Brunswick
Caledonia Mountain
- Nova Scotia - Latin for New
Scotland
- Inverness County, Nova Scotia
- Victoria County, Nova Scotia
- Arisaig
- Glendale
- Iona
- New Glasgow
- Sunnybrae
- Aberdeen
- Halifax
- Dundee
For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) see:
A notable example of this phenomenon is Beinn Bhreagh, former home of Alexander Graham Bell.
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
Chile
- Alejandro Selkirk Island (Juan Fernández Islands, named for Alexander Selkirk)
- Villa Cameron
- Cochrane, Chile
- Gordon Island
- Lennox and Picton - Picton allegedly from "Pict", Lennox from the area north of Glasgow
Dominica
- Scotts Head, Dominica
- Scott's Head Village
England
- Crawford, Lancashire, a hamlet near Rainford
- Scotch Corner
- Scotland Yard (London)
- Telford (named after Scottish engineer)
Falkland Islands
Note: The Falkland Islands derive their English language name from Falkland Sound. This was named for Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland, who in turn took his title from Falkland Palace. See also West Falkland and East Falkland, the two main islands. Stanley is a location in Scotland, but the Falkland town is named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby.
Brenton Loch (inlet) and Loch Head Pond are also rare examples of the Scottish word "loch" being applied to bodies of water outside Europe.
Hong Kong
- Aberdeen Harbour
- Aberdeen Street
- Arbuthnot Road
- Argyle Street
- Arran Street
- Berwick Street
- Braemar Hill
- Bute Street
- Dumbarton Road
- Dunbar Road
- Dundas Street
- Edinburgh Place
- Elgin Street
- Fife Street
- Forfar Road
- Gullane Road
- Grampian Road
- Inverness Road
- Jardine's Lookout (William Jardine)
- Lomond Road
- Moray Road
- Pentland Street
- Perth Street
- Piper's Hill
- Renfrew Road
- Selkirk Road
- Stirling Road
- Sutherland Street
- Tweed Street
- Zetland Street
India
- Port Blair (Andaman Islands, named after Archibald Blair)
- McLeod Ganj was named after Sir Donald Friell McLeod, a Lieutenant Governor of Punjab
- Dalhousie, India, a town in Himachal Pradesh, named after Lord Dalhousie (1st Marquess of Dalhousie), Governor-General of India (1848–1856)
Italy
Indonesia
- Jawa Timur (East Java)
- Glenmore (fr:Glenmore (Indonésie), id:Glenmore, Banyuwangi) - From a Gaelic placename both in Mull and Lismore, it was named by Scottish Highland soldiers serving in the Dutch East India Company of the 18th Century who were garrisoned in the area near Mount Raung and who eventually married locally and settled down.
Ireland
Because Scotland and Ireland have their own Gaelic languages, many of the same placename elements can be found in both countries. However, during the Ulster Plantations, Scottish settlers from the Lowlands who were mostly of Anglo-Saxon stock have left their mark with some place names in Ulster which are distinct to Ireland's predominantly Celtic placenames.
- Bridge End (Donegal)
- Burnfoot (Donegal)
- Burt (Donegal)
- Caledon, County Tyrone from Caledonia
- Crawfordsburn (Down)
- Drumcairn (Donegal)
- Inch (Donegal)
- Scotch Quay (Waterford)
- St. Johnston (Donegal)
- Manorcunningham (Donegal)
- Newtown Cunningham (Donegal)
- Newtownstewart (Lislas)
- Stewartstown (an Chraobh)
Jamaica
- Aberdeen
- Alva
- Berwick Castle
- Clydesdale
- Culloden (two places)
- Dundee
- Elderslie
- Elgin Town (two places)
- Farquhar's Beach
- Glasgow
- Inverness
- Kilmarnoch (sic - from Kilmarnock)
- Suburbs of Kingston (possibly not itself a Scottish name) [4]
- Balmagie
- Braeton
- Dunrobin
- Pitcairn Valley
- Portmore
- Sterling Castle (Stirling Castle)
- Knapdale
- Montego Bay suburbs include Dunbar Pen and Glendevon.
- Perth Town
- Roxborough
- Stewart Town
- Tweedside
Kerguelen Islands
- McMurdo Island/Ile McMurdo
- Ile Murray
Malawi
Malaysia
Isle of Man
- Atholl Street (financial district of Douglas. Douglas while also a Scottish name, is not of Scottish origin in this case)
- St Ninian's Crossroads (Saint Ninian)
The Isle of Man like Ireland also has its own Gaelic language meaning that Scottish placename elements such as "glen" (Manx: "glione") frequently turn up there, e.g. Sulby Glen, but these are indigenous.
New Caledonia
New Zealand
- North Island
- South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura
- Balclutha - from the Gaelic for 'Clydetown' (Baile Chluaidh)
- Dunedin, from Dun Eideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh
- Lammerlaw Range (mountains)
- The Grampians (mountains)
- Oban, largest settlement in Stewart Island/Rakiura
- Ulva Island
- Water of Leith (river)
The South Island also contains the Strath-Taieri and the Ben Ohau Range of mountains, both combining Scots Gaelic and Māori origins. Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of a leading early settler, who was born in Scotland. Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers (Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde, etc.), and many places in Dunedin have names mirroring those in Edinburgh. Inchbonnie is a hybrid of Lowland Scots and Scottish Gaelic
Norway
- Hjeltefjorden, meaning "Shetland Fjord"
Panama
Due to the Darién scheme, the Caribbean coast of Panama has various names which refer to the Scottish presence. The colony was called "New Caledonia", the settlement "New Edinburgh", the fort "Fort St Andrew" and the bay near it "Caledonia Bay". These names are defunct, although references to the Scottish settlers remain in some of the Spanish language names of the region.
Pitcairn Islands
- Pitcairn
- Henderson Island (Scottish surname)
Seychelles
South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Aberdeen
- Albany, South Africa (named after Albany, New York, in turn from an old name for Scotland, Alba)
- Cathcart (George Cathcart)
- Grahamstown (John Graham (British Army officer))
- KwaZulu-Natal (native)
- Gauteng (native)
- Suburbs of Johannesburg [5]
- Abbotsford
- Argyll
- Balmoral
- Birnam
- Blairgowrie
- Brushwood Haugh (Haugh being a Lowland Scots word for meadow)
- Buccleuch
- Dunkeld
- Dunnotar
- Dunvegan
- Glen Atholl
- Glen Esk
- Heriotdale
- Kelvin
- Melrose
- Moffat View
- Strathavon
- Wattville
- Suburbs of Johannesburg [5]
- Mpumalanga
- Balfour (formerly "McHattiesburg")
- North West Province
- Northern Cape
- Western Cape
- Arniston (Arniston, Midlothian)
- Clanwilliam
- Elgin
- Gordon's Bay
- McGregor
- Napier
- Pringle Bay
- Robertson (Rev William Robertson)
- Suburbs of Cape Town [6]
- Airlie
- Balvenie
- Bellville (after Charles Davidson Bell, Surveyor-General of the Cape from 1848 to 1872)
- Bonnie Brook (Burn is the normal form in Scotland)
- Clunie
- Crawford
- Crofters' Valley
- Dunoon
- Dunrobin
- Glencairn
- Kelvingrove
- Lochiel
- Schotsche Kloof - Afrikaans for "Scottish Ravine".
- St Kilda
- The Glen
- Finlay's Point
- Murray's Bay, on Robbin Island, named after John Murray, a Scottish whaler [7]
South Georgia
- Allardyce Range
- Geikie Glacier (Archibald Geikie)
- Leith Harbour (former whaling base)
- Lyell Glacier, South Georgia (Charles Lyell)
- McNish Island (Harry McNish)
- Mount Carse
- Mount Cunningham (John C. Cunningham)
- Ross Glacier
- St Andrews Bay
- Stromness and Stromness Bay
- Scotia Arc
- Scotia Sea
Sri Lanka
- Aberdeen Falls
- Balmoral
- Caledonia
- Dalhousie
- Elgin Falls
- Glasgow
- Highland
- Iona
- Macduff
- Maitland Crescent
- St. Andrew's
- Sanquhar
Sweden
- Inverness, a residential area in Danderyd Municipality, Stockholm
Tristan da Cunha
Trinidad and Tobago
- [Glencoe] (Suburb of Port of Spain)
- Caledonia Island and Craig Island (joined by a reef)
- Culloden Bay
- Mount Irvine
- Roxburgh
- Speyside
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States
Vanuatu
Wales
- Butetown ("Tiger Bay"), in Cardiff (named after the Marquess of Bute)
- Wattstown (Cwtch)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
- Bannockburn
- Craigmore, Zimbabwe
- Glendale, Zimbabwe
- West Nicholson
- Bulawayo is a native name, but 38 of the 156 suburbs have names of some kind of Scottish origin.[8]
- Barbourfields
- Burnside
- Douglasdale
- Glencoe
- Glengarry
- Kelvin, Kelvin East, Kelvin North and Kelvin West (River Kelvin)
- Lochview - in reference to Lakeside Dam.
- Montrose Old Church
- Morningside
- Paddonhurst
- Southdale (Shetland Islands).
- Harare also a native name - suburbs include [9]
- Ardbennie
- Braeside
- Glen Lorne
- Lochinvar
- Strathaven
Some post-colonial renaming has taken place, e.g. Lake Chivero was formerly known as Lake McIlwaine. It is uncertain whether the "Glen" of Glen Norah is Scottish inspired.
Outer space
- The Moon
- Dorsa Geikie, a wrinkle ridge system on the Moon, is named after Sir Archibald Geikie.[1]
- Europa
- Arran Chaos
- Callanish
- Tormsdale (Tormsdale, Caithness)
- Martian craters
- Ayr
- Balvicar
- Banff
- Darvel
- Doon
- Echt
- 253 Mathilde (asteroid)
- 243 Ida (asteroid)
- Fingal (features are named after caves, in this case Fingal's Cave on Staffa)
References
- ^ Nasa Atlas Archived 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 July 2007.