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The name Scot to refer to the people who live in the north of the British Isles comes from the Latinised form of the name of an Irish tribe, the Scotti, who moved to the south-west of Scotland in the 6th century to form the Kingdom of Dalriada. When this was unified with Pictland by King Kenneth I MacAlpin, it became known as Scotland

A popular myth as to the origin of the Scotii's name is that a leader of the Scotii traveled south to Egypt, married an Egyptian princess called Scotia, but that all sounds rather fairy story to me

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Scotch was the word originally applied to all things Scottish including people as well as food products. It was used widely in the 18th century deriving from the Anglicisation of Scottish and was used by Burns and later Sir Walter Scott. Scots or Scottish has now taken over for this leaving Scotch as only applying to Whisky specifically and other food items (Scotch egg, Scotch pancake, Scotch broth etc). In some parts of the world Scotch Whisky as opposed to Irish Whiskey has been shortened to just Scotch.

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It is slang for "Scottish," which comes from "Scotland," which is a country.

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