Angus
English
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
Proper noun
Angus
- A male given name of mostly Scottish usage.
- 1994 RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking 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?
- 1994 RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, →ISBN, page 168:
- A former county in Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996), and is now one of Scotland's 32 council areas.
- A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
- (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
Related terms
- Aberdeen Angus
- Angus Og
- Black Angus
- Forfarshire
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Angus | n-Angus | h-Angus | t-Angus |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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