Scottish people

Caledonia's native inhabitants

Scottish people are the native inhabitants of Scotland or those of Scottish descent.

The term encompasses various ethnic and cultural identities within Scotland, including Highland and Lowland Scots.

My grandmother was Scottish people on both sides sounds awkward—the noun Scots or adjective Scottish works better: She was Scots, a Scottish family.

Scottish people appears mainly in formal or demographic contexts: Scottish people voted differently from the rest of the UK.

music

bagpipes

Droning wind instrument

  • ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
  • piperWind instrument performer
  • pipe bandMusical group featuring bagpipes

folk music · fiddle · accordion · reel · jig · tartan · sword dance

culture

tartan

Patterned clan fabric

  • ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
  • clanRelated group sharing ancestry
  • haggisScottish offal pudding

highland games · thistle · shortbread · folklore · caber toss · porridge · black pudding · outlander · balmoral · trainspotting

dress

kilt

Wrapped Highland garment

  • tartanPatterned clan fabric
  • plaidWoven crisscross pattern
  • sporranScottish ceremonial belt purse

clan tartan · pleats · tam o'shanter · brooch · trews · sash

ethnicity

Glaswegian

Person from Scotland's largest city

  • clansRelated family groups
  • CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
  • PictsEarly Scottish tribal people

Gael · Jacobites · Hebridean · Shetlander · Alba · Caledonian · diaspora

geography

Highlands

Named elevated regions

  • glensNarrow mountain valleys
  • lochsScottish lakes or inlets
  • heatherMoorland flowering shrub

moors · Edinburgh · Glasgow · Hebrides · Orkney · Shetland · Galloway · Aberdeenshire · Fife · peat bogs

whisky

distillery

Alcohol manufacturing plant

peat · Highland · cask · barley · blended · tasting · angel's share · pot still · sherry cask · nosing

language

Doric

Austere classical column style

  • ayeAffirmative vote
  • weeExtremely small
  • brawScottish for fine

ken · loch · bairn · bonnie · canny · Alba

Opposites
national/ethnic identity within britain

Scottish peopleEnglish people

Natives of England

Englishmen · Irish people · Anglo-Saxons · British people

historical political opposition

Scottish peopleEnglish people

Natives of England

English monarchy · Westminster

celtic vs germanic heritage

Scottish peopleAnglo-Saxons

Germanic peoples in medieval England

English people · Saxons · Angles · Jutes

Family

Scottish, Scot, Scots, Scotland, Scotsman, Scotswoman, Scottie, people, person

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