The title of mormaor or mormaer designated one of the rulers of the seven provinces of Celtic Scotland, i.e. the part of the country north of the Forth and the Clyde. Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... The Firth of Forth from Calton Hill The Forth Bridges cross the Firth The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotlands River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to... The Firth of Clyde is the estuary of the River Clyde, from its upper tidal limit in Glasgow city centre to the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ...

The name comes from two Gaelic words: mor (great) and maor (a steward or bailiff).

The seven mormaorships, or original earldoms of Scotland, as they afterwards became, comprised: An Earl as a member of the British peerage ranks below a Marquess and above a Viscount. ...

• Angus
• Atholl with Gowrie
• Caithness with Sutherland
• Fife
• Mar with Buchan
• Moray with Ross
• Stratherne with Menteith.

Compare the seven ancient kingdoms of the Picts. Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the historic counties and also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. ... The Highlands district of Atholl or Athole in the north of Perthshire in Scotland lies between Braemar, Badenoch, Breadalbane and Lochaber. ... Gowrie (Scottish Gaelic, Gobharaidh) otherwise the Carse of Gowrie consists of a stretch of low-lying country in Perthshire in Scotland, stretching for about 24km along the north shore of the Firth of Tay between the Perth and Dundee. ... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland. ... Sutherland (Cataibh in Gaelic), or Sutherlandshire, is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, bordering on Caithness to the north and both Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south. ... The Kingdom of Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth. ... This article discusses the historic area of Scotland known as Mar. ... Buchan comprises a traditional area and earldom of north-eastern Scotland. ... This article is about the region in Scotland. ... Ross is the name of many places: Ross or Ross-shire is an area in Scotland. ... Strathearn or Strath Earn, (Scottish Gaelic, Srath Èireann) is the valley of the River Earn. ... Menteith or Monteith, a district of south Perthshire, Scotland, roughly comprises the territory between the Teith and the Forth. ... The Picts inhabited Pictavia or Pictland - Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth - prior to the Scotticisation of the area. ...

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