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Angus vs Ian - What's the difference?

angus | ian |

As a proper noun angus

is of mostly scottish usage.

As a determiner ian is

.

As an adverb ian is

.

angus

English

(wikipedia Angus)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • of mostly Scottish usage.
  • * 1994 , 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?
  • A county in Scotland.
  • A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
  • (rail transport) A nickname for the train configuration.

    • Related terms

    * Aberdeen Angus * Angus Og * black Angus

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    ian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Iain

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1975 , , World of Wonders , ISBN 0670817902, page 736
    • “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian'. If you want to call him ' Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.”

    References

    * Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

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