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The Scottish people or Scots (Scots: Scots fowk; Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland.Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or Alba) in the 9th century.
The Scottish diaspora consists of Scottish people who emigrated from Scotland and their descendants. The diaspora is concentrated in countries such as the United States , Canada , Australia , England , New Zealand , Ireland and to a lesser extent Argentina , Chile , and Brazil .
By the 11th century, Brittonic-speaking populations had split into distinct groups: the Welsh in Wales, the Cornish in Cornwall, the Bretons in Brittany, the Cumbrians of the Hen Ogledd ("Old North") in southern Scotland and northern England, and the remnants of the Pictish people in northern Scotland. [6]
The Anglo-Scottish border (Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan Anglo-Albannach) is an internal border of the United Kingdom separating Scotland and England which runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.
People lived in Scotland for at least 8,500 years before Britain's recorded history. At times during the last interglacial period (130,000–70,000 BC) Europe had a climate warmer than today's, and early humans may have made their way to Scotland, with the possible discovery of pre-Ice Age axes on Orkney and mainland Scotland. [5]
Pages in category "Scottish people of English descent" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
One Scottish woman says she was forced to move from her home in England because of anti-Scottish feeling, [41] while another had a haggis thrown through her front window. [42] In 2008 a student nurse from London was fined for assault and hurling anti-Scottish abuse at police while drunk during the T in the Park festival in Kinross. [43]
This category splits down the United Kingdom into sub-nations including England, Wales and Northern Ireland and lists people of Scottish origin from there. The category Scottish people is also included as Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and also comes under the term British .