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McPhee Recreation Area
McPhee, McPhie, MacPhee or Macphee is a Scottish people, Scottish surname. Like Clan Macfie, MacFie, it is usually regarded as a shorter version of McDuffie, which is an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name ''mac Dhuibhshithe'' ("descendant of the dark fairy") and originated in Colonsay. However, it may instead be derived from another Gaelic name, ''mac a' Phì''; hence it may have the same origins as surnames such as Fee (surname), Fee, MacFee, Colin Mark, ''The Gaelic-English Dictionary'' (2003) Routledge, pp. 718–722. McFee, Macfee, MacAfee and Mahaffey. People McPhee *Adam McPhee (born 1982), Australian rules football player *Angus McPhee (1916–1997), Scottish outsider artist from the island of South Uist *Archie McPhee, Seattle-based novelty dealer owned by Mark Pahlow *Bid McPhee (1859–1943), American Major League Baseball second baseman *Brian McPhee (born 1970), Scottish footballer *Bruce McPhee (1927–2009), former Australian motor racing driver *Cathy-Ann McPhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, the Celtic-speaking Cumbrians of Strathclyde and the Germanic-speaking Angles of north Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. The Latin word ''Scoti'' originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
