Douglas

Etymology
From a place name, dubh: + glas:.

Proper noun

 * 1)  transferred from the surname.
 * 2) The capital of the Isle of Man.
 * 1) The capital of the Isle of Man.

Related terms

 * Doug, Dougie, Douglass

Quotations

 * : 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.'

Translations

 * Irish: Dúghlas


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * French:


 * Manx:

Proper noun

 * 1) Douglas (in the Isle of Man)

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