What is Ross?
[[File:Ross-shire County.svg|thumb|right|300px|Ross]] '''Ross''' (''Ros'' in [[Scottish Gaelic]]) is a region of [[Scotland]] and a former [[earl]]dom and [[county]]. The area once belonged to the [[Norway|Norwegian]] ([[West Norse]]) earldom of [[Orkney]]. '''Ross-shire''' ({{lang-gd|Siorrachd Rois}}) is a historic county in the [[Scottish Highlands]]. The county borders [[Sutherland]], [[Cromartyshire]], [[Inverness-shire]] and an [[exclave]] of [[Nairnshire]]. It includes most of Ross as well as [[Lewis]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]]. [[Dingwall]] is the traditional [[county town]]. [[Category:Counties of Scotland]]