Douglas

See also: douglas

English

Alternative forms

• Douglass

Etymology

From a place name, Scottish Gaelic dubh (“black”) + glais (“stream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌɡləs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Douglas (countable and uncountable, plural Douglases)

1. (countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A place name or the name of a geographical feature, often given after a person, notably held by:
   1. Douglas, the capital city of the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3875).
   2. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
      1. A locality in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
      2. A river in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.
      3. An area in eastern Dundee, Scotland; in full, Douglas and Angus.
      4. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, the origin of Clan Douglas and the Lords of Douglas (OS grid ref NS8330).
   3. A village and suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
   4. A village in Belize.
   5. A settlement in East Falkland, Falkland Islands.
   6. A town in Northern Cape, South Africa.
   7. A number of places in Australasia:
      1. A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
      2. A locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
      3. The Shire of Douglas, a local government area north of Cairns, Queensland.
      4. A rural locality in Taranaki, New Zealand.
      5. A small community in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
   8. A number of places in Canada:
      1. A locality in Surrey, British Columbia.
      2. A settlement in the Rural Municipality of Elton, Manitoba.
      3. A suburban community of York County, New Brunswick.
      4. A community of Admaston/Bromley, Renfrew County, Ontario.
   9. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A town in Marshall County, Alabama.
      2. A community on Douglas Island, Alaska, directly across from Juneau.
      3. A city in Cochise County, Arizona.
      4. A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Georgia.
      5. A neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
      6. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Illinois.
      7. An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Illinois.
      8. An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
      9. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
      10. A city in Allegan County, Michigan.
      11. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
      12. The former alternative name of Oak Ridge, Pemiscot County, Missouri.
      13. A village in Otoe County, Nebraska.
      14. A tiny city in Ward County, North Dakota.
      15. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
      16. A tiny town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
      17. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington.
      18. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.
      19. A small town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
      20. A small city, the county seat of Converse County, Wyoming.
      21. A number of townships in the United States, mostly in Iowa, listed under Douglas Township.

Quotations

• 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

• Camp Douglas
• Castle Douglas
• Douglas City
• Douglas County
• Douglas Park
• Douglas squirrel
• Douglastown
• Douglasville
• Douglas Water
• Glen Douglas

Related terms

• (given name): Doug, Dougie, Douglass

Descendants

• → Translingual: douglasi, douglasii (learned)

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 道格拉斯 (zh) (Dàogélāsī)

• Irish: Dúghlas m
• Maori: Rukarahi, Takarihi
• Portuguese: Douglas (pt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Dùghlas m

capital of the Isle of Man

• Bulgarian: Дъ́глас m (Dǎ́glas)
• French: Douglas (fr)
• Irish: Dúlais
• Manx: Doolish
• Portuguese: Douglas (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: Dùghlais m
• Welsh: Douglas

Anagrams

• Dougals

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Douglas f

1. Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Douglas.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɡlɐs/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɡlɐs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɡlɐs/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɡlɐs]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɡlɐʃ/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɡlɐʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɡlas/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɡlas]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɡlɐs/ [ˈdo(w).ɣlɐs]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).ɡlɐs/ [ˈdo(w).ɣlɐs]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdow.ɡlɐs/ [ˈdow.ɣlɐs]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ɡlɐs/ [ˈdo.ɣlɐs]

Proper noun

Douglas m

1. a male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English Douglas

Proper noun

Douglas f

1. Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Douglas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdouɡlas/ [ˈd̪ou̯.ɣ̞las]
• Rhymes: -ouɡlas
• Syllabification: Dou‧glas

Proper noun

Douglas ?

1. Douglas (the capital city of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom)