Douglas

See also: douglas

English

Alternative forms

Douglass

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʌɡləs/
Audio (UK) (file)

Proper noun

Douglas (countable and uncountable, plural Douglases)

(countable) A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
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.
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 suburbancommunity in York County, New Brunswick.
  4. A community in 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Knox County, Illinois.
  7. An unincorporatedcommunity in St. Clair County, Illinois.
  8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Gibson County, Indiana.
  9. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  10. A city in Allegan County, Michigan.
  11. An unincorporatedcommunity 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Putnam County, Ohio.
  16. A tiny town in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
  17. An unincorporatedcommunity in Douglas County, Washington.
  18. An unincorporatedcommunity 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 606515358, [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, 1999, page 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
Douglastown
Douglasville
Douglas Water
Glen Douglas

Related terms

(given name): Doug, Dougie, Douglass

Translations

male given name

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

capital of the Isle of Man

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

Anagrams

Dougals

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Proper noun

Douglas f

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

Proper noun

Douglas m

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

Proper noun

Douglas f

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