Angus
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
- 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?
- 1994 RobertsonDavies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, page 168:
- A former county in Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996)
- A council area in Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
- (rail transport) A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
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