Douglas
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a place name, Scottish Gaelic dubh (“black”) + glais (“stream”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdʌɡləs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Douglas (countable and uncountable, plural Douglases)
- (countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A place name or the name of a geographical feature, often given after a person, notably held by:
- Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3875).
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A locality in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- A river in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.
- An area in eastern Dundee, Scotland; in full, Douglas and Angus.
- A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, the origin of Clan Douglas and the Lords of Douglas (OS grid ref NS8330).
- A village and suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
- A village in Belize.
- A settlement in East Falkland, Falkland Islands.
- A town in Northern Cape, South Africa.
- A number of places in Australasia:
- A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
- A locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
- The Shire of Douglas, a local government area north of Cairns, Queensland.
- A rural locality in Taranaki, New Zealand.
- A small community in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A number of places in Canada:
- A locality in Surrey, British Columbia.
- A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Elton, Manitoba.
- A suburban community of York County, New Brunswick.
- A community of Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
- A community on Douglas Island, Alaska, directly across from Juneau.
- A city in Cochise County, Arizona.
- A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Georgia.
- A neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Knox County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A city in Allegan County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
- The former alternative name of Oak Ridge, Pemiscot County, Missouri.
- A village in Otoe County, Nebraska.
- A tiny city in Ward County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
- A tiny town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.
- A small town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
- A small city, the county seat of Converse County, Wyoming.
- A number of townships in the United States, mostly in Iowa, listed under Douglas Township.
Quotations
[edit]- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- The noble Scot, Lord Douglas, when he saw
- The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him
- The noble Percy slain, and all his men
- Upon the foot of fear, fled with the rest.
- 1756, John Home, Douglas: A Tragedy, Prologue:
- Douglas, a name through all the world renown'd,
A name that rouses like the trumpet's sound!
- 1960, Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, published 1999, pages 68–69:
- 'Just call me Dougal,' said Dougal.
'Douglas,' she said, pronouncing it 'Dooglass'.
'No, Dougal - Douglas is my surname.'
'Oh, Dougal Douglas. Dougal's the first name.'
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]male given name
capital of the Isle of Man
Anagrams
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Douglas f
- Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Douglas.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Douglas m
- a male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English Douglas
Proper noun
[edit]Douglas f
- Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Douglas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Douglas ?
- Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)
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