Angus
English
Etymology
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Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Angus
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic 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 of 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.
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Anagrams
Scots
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Proper noun
Angus
- a male given name
Scottish Gaelic
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Proper noun
Angus
- a male given name
Mutation
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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