Dougla

English

Alternative forms

• dugla

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

Anagrams

• Dougal