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People

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Douglas (given name) Douglas is a masculine given name which originated from the surname ''Douglas (surname), Douglas''. Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as a girl's name in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the north ...
* Douglas (surname)


Animals

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Douglas (parrot) Douglas ( ca 1967 – 23 February 2019) was a male scarlet macaw that played the parrot Rosalinda in the 1970 Pippi Longstocking film ''Pippi in the South Seas''. Douglas was imported from Brazil to Sweden in 1967, three years before starring ...
, macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking * Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War


Businesses

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Douglas Aircraft Company The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and military, defense company based in Southern California. Founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr., it merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell D ...
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Douglas (cosmetics) Douglas AG, doing business as the Douglas Group is a German multinational perfumery and cosmetics chain. Its headquarters are located in Düsseldorf, Germany. The first perfumery to carry the name "Parfümerie Douglas" opened in Hamburg in 1910. ...
, German cosmetics retail chain in Europe * Douglas Holding, former German company * Douglas (motorcycles), British motorcycle manufacturer


Peerage and Baronetage

* Duke of Douglas *
Earl of Douglas This page is concerned with the holders of the forfeit title Earl of Douglas and the preceding Scottish feudal barony, feudal barons of Douglas, South Lanarkshire. The title was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1358 for William Douglas, 1 ...
, or any holder of the title * Marquess of Douglas, or any holder of the title * Douglas baronets


Peoples

* Clan Douglas, a Scottish kindred *
Dougla people Dougla people (plural ''Dougla’s'') is the term used to describe Caribbean people who are of mixed Afro-Caribbean and Indo-Caribbean. Definition The word ''Dougla'' originated from dogala (), which is a Caribbean Hindustani word that literall ...
, West Indians of both African and East Indian heritage


Places


Australia

* Douglas, Queensland, a suburb of Townsville * Douglas, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a locality * Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia *
Shire of Douglas The Shire of Douglas is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, Queensland, Mos ...
, in northern Queensland


Canada

* Douglas, New Brunswick * Douglas Parish, New Brunswick * Douglas, Ontario, a community in Admaston/Bromley township *
Douglas, British Columbia Douglas, formerly known as "Doug," is a locality in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Just southeast and outside of the boundary of White Rock, it is on the Canadian side of the Peace Arch Border Crossing between British Columbia and Whatcom Co ...
, the community at the Peace Arch border crossing ** Douglas, the Canadian inspection station of the
Peace Arch Border Crossing The Peace Arch Border Crossing is the common name for the Blaine–Douglas crossing which connects the cities of Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia on the Canada–United States border. I-5 on the American side joins BC Highway 99 ...
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Douglas, Manitoba Douglas is a settlement in Manitoba. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Elton Elton is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located to the north of the city of Brandon. The community was incorporated in 1883, a ...
, a settlement in the Rural Municipality of Elton * Rural Municipality of Douglas No. 436, Saskatchewan


Isle of Man

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Douglas, Isle of Man Douglas (, ) is the Capital (political), capital city and largest settlement of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,677 (2021) and an area of . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, Isle of Man, River Douglas, and on a sweepi ...
, the capital city and largest settlement of the Isle of Man, and seat of Tynwald *
River Douglas (Isle of Man) The River Douglas is a river on the Isle of Man. The river begins on the outskirts of Douglas where the River Glass and River Dhoo meet. The river contains trout and salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially imp ...


New Zealand

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Douglas, Taranaki Douglas is a lowly populated locality and a rural centre in east Taranaki, surrounded by dairy, sheep and beef pastoral farming. It is situated 18 km east of Stratford at the intersection of East Road, Ohura Road, Douglas Road South and ...
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Douglas, Canterbury Hakataramea, spelt Hakateramea in some older sources, is a rural village located in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is in the Waimate District and sits on the north bank of the Waitaki River at its confluence ...
* Douglas Peak


United Kingdom


England

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Douglas (ward) Douglas is an electoral ward in Wigan, England. It forms part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, as well as the parliamentary constituency of Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two ...
, an electoral ward of the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council * River Douglas, Lancashire


Northern Ireland

* Douglas, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim * Douglas, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone


Scotland

* Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway * Douglas, South Lanarkshire *
Douglas Castle Douglas Castle was a stronghold of the Douglas (later Douglas-Home) family from medieval times to the 20th century. The first castle, erected in the 13th century, was destroyed and replaced several times until the 18th century when a large man ...
, South Lanarkshire * Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire * Glen Douglas, Argyll and Bute * Douglas, Dundee


United States

* Douglas, Alabama * Douglas, Juneau, Alaska *
Douglas, Arizona Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, that lies in the north-west to south-east running Sulphur Springs Valley. Douglas has a Douglas, Arizona Port of Entry, border crossing with Mexico at Agua Prieta and a history of min ...
* Douglas, Georgia * Douglasville, Georgia * Douglas, Illinois (disambiguation), multiple places with the same name * Douglas, Massachusetts * Douglas, Michigan * Douglas, Olmsted County, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Olmsted County * Douglas, Nebraska * Douglas, North Dakota * Douglas, Ohio * Douglas, Oklahoma * Douglas, Washington * Douglas, West Virginia * Douglas, Wisconsin, a town ** Douglas Center, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *
Douglas, Wyoming Douglas is a city in and the county seat of Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,386 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the home of the Wyoming State Fair. History Douglas was platted in 1886 when the ...


Elsewhere

* Douglas, Belize * Douglas, South Africa *
Douglas, Cork Douglas () is a suburb, with a village core, in Cork (city), Cork city, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Douglas is also the name of the townland, Parish (Catholic Church), Roman Catholic parish, Church of Ireland parish and Civil parishes in Irel ...
, a suburb of Cork City, Ireland * Douglas, Falkland Islands


Plants

* Douglas iris, a wildflower *
Douglas fir The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is the tallest tree in the Pinaceae family. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Or ...
, the common name for a type of coniferous tree


Ships

* SS ''Douglas'' (1858), a paddle-steamer of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company which subsequently served military roles * SS ''Douglas'' (1864), the second steamer in the fleet of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company to bear the name * SS ''Douglas'' (1889), a packet steamer formerly called ''Dora'', acquired in 1901 by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company * SS ''Douglas'' (1907), a freight vessel built for the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company


Other uses

* ''Douglas'' (film), a 1970 Norwegian film * ''Douglas'' (locomotive), a preserved locomotive on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales * Douglas GAA, a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Douglas, Cork, Ireland * '' Hannah Gadsby: Douglas'', a 2019 live comedy performance by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby * Donald and Douglas, a pair of fictional Scottish twin engines from ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' * Hurricane Douglas, seven northeastern Pacific Ocean tropical cyclones * Douglas, a worm in Studio Hari's short Pipas & Douglas


See also

* Douglas County (disambiguation) * Douglas House (disambiguation) * Douglas International Airport (disambiguation) * Douglas Island (disambiguation) * Douglas Township (disambiguation) * Douglas-Daly (disambiguation) * Camp Douglas (disambiguation) * Justice Douglas (disambiguation) * Lord Douglas (disambiguation) * Mount Douglas (disambiguation) * * * Douglass (disambiguation) * Doug, a given name {{Disambiguation, geo, ship