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Cait orCat was aPictish kingdom originating c. AD 800[1] during theEarly Middle Ages. It was centered in what is nowCaithness in northernScotland. It was, according to Pictish legend, founded by Caitt (or Cat), one of the seven sons of the ancestor figureCruithne. The territory of Cait covered not only modern Caithness, but also southeast Sutherland.[2]
The place nameCaithness derives fromCait, which is also preserved in the Gaelic name forSutherland (Cataibh), in several specific names within that county and in the earliest recorded name forShetland (Inse Catt, meaning "islands of the Cat people").[3]
Watson (1994) compared this usage with the early IrishInnse Orc (islands of theboars) forOrkney and concluded that these are tribal names based on animals.[3]
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