One interpretation of the placename is that it means 'green river' as in the Welsh river named Irfon. |
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In a referendum held earlier today, its residents voted overwhelming to readopt its English name and save it from the imposition of the Irish placename, An Daingean. |
Scotia is a Latin placename derived from Scoti, a Latin name for the Gaels. |
The change to the shorter spelling appears to have originated in the Donald Map of 1774, a document with a noticeable number of placename errors. |
The placename may reflect worship of Thor there by Danes during the Viking Age rather than by Angles during the Roman Iron Age. |