Lothian

Lothian is the name of a region in modern, south-eastern Scotland, during its early period covering not only the present districts of East Lothian, Midlothian, City of Edinburgh, and West Lothian, but also the district of the Scottish Borders, that is the land extending from the Firth of Forth south to the river Tweed. It is known in Welsh as Lleuddiniawn, and in early English as Loþen or Loðen. In the French language, there is (and was) no phoneme correponding to [ð], and as a result, the normal French name for the region was Loenois, the -ois ending corresponding approximately to modern English -ish. The name appears sometimes as Leonois, which is also to be understood as referring to the district of Léon in Little Britain. The Latin form of the name is Lodonesia or Leudonia.
The name has no known meaning, but tradition tells that it was named after its first king, Lot or Leudon.

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National Territory