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It occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England. It is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. Apart from the mainland, Scotland consists of over 790 islands.

Edinburgh, the nation's capital and second largest city, is one of Europe's largest financial centres. Scotland's largest city is Glasgow, which is the centre of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Greater Glasgow is home to approximately 40% of Scotland's population. Scottish waters consist of a large sector of the North Atlantic and the North Sea, containing the largest oil reserves in the European Union.

The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union resulted in a political union with the Kingdom of England to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. Scotland's legal system continues to be separate from those of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, therefore Scotland still constitutes a discrete jurisdiction in public and in private international law. The continued independence of Scots law, the Scottish education system and the Church of Scotland have been three cornerstones contributing to the continuation of Scottish culture and Scottish national identity since the Union. However, Scotland is no longer a sovereign state and does not enjoy direct membership of either the United Nations or the European Union.

Etymology

The word Scotia was used by the Romans as the name of one of the tribes in what is now Scotland as early as the 1st Century AD. The Romans also used Scotia to refer to the Irish.

The Venerable Bede (c. 672 or 673 – May 27, 735) uses the word "Scottorum" as the name of a nation from Ireland who settled part of the Pictish lands. "Scottorum nationem in Pictorum parte recipit." This we can infer to be the arrival of the people, also known as the Gaels, in the Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the Western edge of Scotland. It is of note that Bede used the word "nationem" (nation) where he often refers to other peoples, such as the Picts, as "gens" (race).

In the 10th century Anglo Saxon Chronicle, the word Scot is mentioned as a reference to the 'Land of the Gaels'. Word Scottorum was again used, by an Irish King, in 1005. The phrase Imperator Scottorum, was used after the name of Brian Bóruma, by his notary Mael Suthain, in the Book of Armagh. It is thought to imply that Brian Bóruma was overlord of the Scots.

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	Scotland - Isle of Skye Crofters grinding corn 1905 ppc £2.99	Scotland, Skye, Portree from harbour Rp £1.99

	Postcard Of Early Snow Loch Katrine C W Faulkner £2.99	Scotland, Rutherglen, Main Street, Town Hall £1.99

	Loch Lomond From Inversnaid Hotel Jetty-Old R/P P/Card £1.25	Boats And Houses In A Reflected Sunset, Oban 1915 £2.50

	Moniaive Loch Urr Rp pu 1915 £3.50	Melrose Drygrange pu 1925 £3.50

	Keith The Old Castle pu 1905 £3.50	R/P Muness Castle, Unst, Shetland £1.20

	West Port St Andrews Vintage Postcard 29 £1.50	West Kilbride & Arran Hills From Law Hill 29 £1.50

	War Memorial & Union Terrace Aberdeen 1929 Rp 29 £1.50	The Square Grantown On Spey Old Postcard 29 £1.50

	Rob Roy's Grave Balquhidder Vintage Rp Postcard 29 £1.50	Picture Cave Davaar Campbeltown c 1905 Postcard 29 £1.50

	Netherhall Largs Ayrshire Vintage Rp Postcard 210 £1.50	Moulin Pitlochry Rp Postcard 29 £1.50

	Monteviot House Nr Jedburgh 1910 Postcard 29 £1.50	Mackerston Terrace & Putting Green Largs Rp 29 £1.50

	Loch Striven From Above Craigmore Bute 1948 29 £1.50	Rp The Tower -Empire Exhibition Centre -Scotland 1938 £2.99

	Kelso Bridge & Abbey 1949 Rp Postcard 29 £1.50	James Square Crieff 1955 Postcard 29 £1.50

	Interior Of Burns Cottage Ayr 1909 Postcard 1b £1.50	Ettrick Old Postcard 29 £1.50

	Darnick Tower Melrose Vintage Postcard 29 £1.50	Bowen Craig Walk Largs Ayrshire 1932 Rp Postcard 210 £1.50

	At The Clamshell Cave Staffa c 1905 Postcard 29 £1.50	Ballater c 1905 Postcard 29 £1.50

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	Rosslyn Chapel Scotland Virtual Tour Cd-Rom-Mint!!!!!! £4.99	Fine Old Rp P/c: Lochinver & Suilven, c.1920s £2.00

	1903 P/c: Castle Leod, Strathpeffer (Clan Mackenzie) £2.00	Fort Augustus Looking North 1930s? £1.50

	Couple On Loch Lomond From Rowardennan 1947 £1.50	Houses In St Andrews From College Church Tower 1930s? £1.50

	Houses In Oban Showing Kerrera And The Mull Hills 1938 £1.50	Houses By Bridge Of Allan Weir Near Stirling 1930s? £1.50

	People & Houses On Portobello Beach, Edinburgh 1910s? £1.50	Early View Of Public Park Dalmuir Near Clydebank 1900s? £1.50

	Houses In Tobermory From The West 1920s? £1.50	Houses In Largs From The Routenburn Golf Pavillion 1932 £1.50

	Early View Of Dunblane Cathedral 1904 £1.50	River Calder, Glen Banchor, Newtownmore 1950 £1.50

	Houses In Fort William Showing Ben Nevis 1933 £1.50	Early View Of Houses In Melrose Near Galashiels 1900s? £1.50

	Real Photo View Of Houses, Corran Parks, Oban 1930s? £1.50	Old Bus, Ben Venue And Aberfoyle - Trossachs Road 1933 £1.50

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