Angus

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/

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Angus (plural Anguses)

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 suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
6. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
7. (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.

• Coupar Angus

• Agnus, Gansu, sunga, guans, Ganus, Aungs, Sangu, ungas, gusan, sugan, Śuṅga, Sunga, saung, Sagun, Guans, gunas

Angus

1. a male given name

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

Angus

1. a male given name