Isle of Man
The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown dependency situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, holds the title of Lord of Mann and is represented by a lieutenant governor. It is the only island in the UK with a population of more than 100,000, and one of the few places in Europe with more than 1 million people of European descent. The inhabitants are considered a Celtic nation.
About Isle of Man in brief
The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown dependency situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, holds the title of Lord of Mann and is represented by a lieutenant governor. Humans have lived on the island since before 6500 BC. Gaelic cultural influence began in the 5th century AD, and the Manx language, a branch of the Goidelic languages, emerged. The inhabitants are considered a Celtic nation. In 2016, UNESCO awarded the island biosphere reserve status. In 1881, Tynwald became the first national legislative body in the world to give women the right to vote in a general election. The island was cut off from the surrounding islands around 8000 BC as sea levels rose following the end of the ice age. The earliest recorded Manx form of the name is Manu or Mana. The name is probably cognate with the Welsh name of the island of Anglesey, Ynys Môn,usually derived from a Celtic word for’mountain’,from a Proto-Celtic *moniyos. In the earliest Irish mythological texts, Manannán is a king of the otherworld, but the 9th-century Sanas Cormaic identifies him as a famous merchant who gave name to, the Isle of Mann. The Manx cat, a breed of cat with short or no tails, is also known as Ellan Vannin, meaning ‘Island of Mann’ or ‘Mann’ in Manx.
In English, the short form used in English is spelled either Mann or Man, or Mann or ‘Man’ The island is known for its TT motorcycle races and for the ManX cat, which is known as ‘the most beautiful cat in the whole of the world’ It is the only island in the UK with a population of more than 100,000, and one of the few places in Europe with more than 1 million people of European descent. The population is estimated to be around 1.5 million, with the majority of people living in the north and west of the country. It is located in the south-east of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and lies in the heart of the North Sea. It has a topography similar to that of the Scottish Highlands and the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It was first colonised by hunter-gatherers and fishermen in the Neolithic period. The first occupants were hunter-gathers and fishermen who began to build megalithic monuments at Cregash, near Laxey, near Cregay, in the St. John’s Circle. The Neolithic Period marked the beginning of farming and the people began to built megaliths at Ballash, John’s Stones and Ballaharra. The people of the north of England and Wales are known as the ‘Manx’ and ‘The Manx’ people. The word ‘Mana’ means ‘island’ in English.
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