Dougla

English

Alternative forms

• Dogla, Dugla

Etymology

Borrowed from Caribbean Hindustani dugalaa (“many, much, a mix”), cf. Hindi दोगला (doglā, “mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, mongrel, hybrid, half-caste, deceitful person”).

Noun

Dougla (plural Douglas)

1. (Caribbean) A Caribbean person of mixed African and Indian descent.
   • 2002, Yasurō Hase, Hiroyuki Miyake, Fumiko Oshikawa, South Asian migration in comparative perspective, movement, settlement and diaspora:

     But the dilemmas facing douglas and their parents are often different: being born dougla is not the same as choosing intermarriage and bearing a dougla. Parents are not often douglas themselves.

Derived terms

• douglarisation, douglarization

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दोगला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Anagrams

• Dougal