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=== Scotland === The first written reference to Scotland was in 320 BC by Pytheas, who called the northern tip of Britain "Orcas", the source of the name of the [[Orkney|Orkney islands]].<ref>Forsyth, Katherine (2005). "Origins: Scotland to 1100". In Wormald, Jenny (ed.). Scotland: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199601646.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=[[Aristotle]] or [[Pseudo-Aristotle]] |translator-last1=Forster|translator-first1=E. S.|translator-last2=Furley|translator-first2=D. J.|title=On Sophistical Refutations. On Coming-to-be and Passing Away. On the Cosmos. |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/onsophisticalref00arisuoft |publisher = Harvard University Press |chapter=On the Cosmos, 393b12 |pages=360β361|year=1955}} at the [[Open Library]] Project. {{DjVulink}}</ref>
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