High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Douglas (occasionally spelled Douglass) is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the given name Douglas. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, which was once the stronghold of Clan Douglas. The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dubhghlas; the Irish language form it is Dughlas, and Dubhghlas, which are pronounced Irish pronunciation: . According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames MacLucas, MacLugash (which are derived from the Gaelic Mac Lucais). Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в...

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