# Rothesay

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹɒθsi/ · frequency rank #83,691

## Definitions
1. A town on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0864).
2. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
3. A town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
4. A royal dukedom given to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

## Etymology
From Middle Scots Rothersay, apparently from an Old Norse term ending in ey (“island”), like other place names ending in -ay.
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after then–Prince of Wales Edward VII (1841–1910), who visited the area in 1860. The civil parish is named after the town.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rothesay