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Angus

name
/ˈæŋ.ɡəs/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from Aonghas

Definitions

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

    • 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 surname.

  3. A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside…

    A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996).

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.

    2. A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

    3. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.

    4. A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.

    5. plural of angu

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA