Angus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Angus
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
- 1994, RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 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?
- A surname.
- A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996)
- A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
- (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]- Agnus, Gansu, sunga, guans, Ganus, Aungs, Sangu, ungas, gusan, sugan, Śuṅga, Sunga, saung, Sagun, Guans, gunas
Atayal
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Angus
- a male given name
Scots
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Angus
- a male given name
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