Angus
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
Proper noun
  1. A male given name of mostly Scottish usage.
    • 1994 RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, 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 former county in Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996)
  3. A council area in Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  4. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
  5. (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
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