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Argyll (), archaically Argyle (''Earra-Ghàidheal'' in modern Gaelic ), is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of ancient Dál Riata, which was located on the island of Great Britain. In a historical context, Argyll can be used to mean the entire western coast between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath. At present, Argyll (sometimes anglicised as Argyllshire) is also one of the registration counties of Scotland. Argyll was also a medieval bishopric with its cathedral at Lismore, as well as an early modern earldom and dukedom, the Dukedom of Argyll. Between 1890 and 1975, Argyll was a county for local government purposes. There was an Argyllshire constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain until the mid-20th century. ==Etymology== The name derives from Old Gaelic ''airer Goídel'' (border region of the Gaels). The early thirteenth-century author of ''De Situ Albanie'' explains that "the name ''Arregathel'' means margin (i.e., border region) of the Scots or Irish, because all Scots and Irish are generally called ''Gattheli'' (i.e. Gaels), from their ancient warleader known as Gaithelglas." However, the word ''airer'' naturally carries the meaning of the word 'coast' when applied to maritime regions, so the placename can also be translated as "Coast of () Gaels". Woolf has suggested that the name ''Airer Goídel'' replaced the name ''Dál Riata'' when the 9th-century Norse conquest split Irish Dál Riata and the islands of Alban Dál Riata off from mainland Alban Dál Riata. The mainland area, renamed Airer Goídel, would have contrasted with the offshore islands of ''Innse Gall'', literally "islands of the foreigners." They were referred to this way because during the 9th to 12th centuries, they were ruled by Old Norse-speaking Norse–Gaels.〔Woolf, Alex. "The Age of the Sea-Kings: 900–1300," in Omand (2006) pp. 94–95〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Argyll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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