Angus

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/

Proper noun

Angus

1. A male given name of mostly Scottish usage.
   • 1994 RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, 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?

2. 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.
3. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
4. (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.

Related terms

• Aberdeen Angus
• Angus Og
• Black Angus
• Forfarshire

Anagrams

• Aungs, Gansu, Guans, Sagun, Sangu, Sunga, guans, gunas, gusan, saung, sugan, sunga

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Scots

Proper noun

Angus

1. A male given name

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Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Angus

1. A male given name

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
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.