angus
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈæŋ.ɡəs/(UK)
Definition of angus
8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
“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?”
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name
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A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
“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?”
- A surname.
- A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996).
- A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
- A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
- A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of angu
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
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