Lowden
Lowden (Inglis: Lothian; Scots Gaelic: Lodainn [ˈɫ̪ot̪ʰaɲ]) is a region o the Scots Lawlands, lyin atween the soothren shore o the Firth o Forth an the Lammermuir Hills.
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Area | |
• Total | 1,720 km2 (666 sq mi) |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 858,090 |
• Density | 497/km2 (1288/sq mi) |
Lowden is spleet intae three historic coonties: East Lowden Midlowden an Wast Lowden. Nou kent as the 'Lothians'.
Lowden gets it's name fae Brythonic leegendary kinrich o Lot, kent in the leid o the Britons as 'Lewdwn'.
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "Estimated population by sex, single year of age and administrative area, mid-2014" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 17 Mey 2015.