Angus

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/

Proper noun

Angus

  1. 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?
  2. 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.
  3. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
  4. (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.

Anagrams


Scots

Proper noun

Angus

  1. A male given name

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Angus

  1. A male given name

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Angusn-Angush-Angust-Angus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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