Angus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Angus
- A male given name of mostly Scottish usage.
- 1994 RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, →ISBN, page 168:
- Angus was a great enlargement of experience for me, because he illustrated how haphazardly Fate attributes names to her unoffending children. Angus McGubbin: a Scots giant, red-haired and scowling - wouldn't you think so?
- 1994 RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, →ISBN, page 168:
- A former county in Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996), and is now one of Scotland's 32 council areas.
- A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
- (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Scots[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Angus
- A male given name
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Angus
- A male given name
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Angus | n-Angus | h-Angus | t-Angus |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Scottish Gaelic
- en:Rail transportation
- Traditional Scottish Counties
- en:Cattle
- Scots terms derived from the PIE root *ǵews-
- Scots lemmas
- Scots proper nouns
- Scots given names
- Scots male given names
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the PIE root *ǵews-
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- Scottish Gaelic given names
- Scottish Gaelic male given names