Angus

See also: angus

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Angus

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
    • 1994, RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 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 surname.
  3. A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996).
  4. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  5. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
  6. (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Atayal

Proper noun

Angus

  1. a male given name

References

  • Center for aboriginal studies (2014) “Angus”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Aboriginal Names in Taiwan]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples

Scots

Proper noun

Angus

  1. a male given name