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Angus is a masculine given name in English. It is an Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic ''Aonghas'', which is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one", and "choice". A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic name is ''Aonghus''. The Irish form of the Scottish Gaelic name is ''Aengus''. A pet form of the given name ''Angus'' is ''Angie'', pronounced "''an-ghee''", which represents the Scottish Gaelic ''Angaidh''. A short form of the given name ''Angus'' is ''Gus'', which may be lengthened to ''Gussie''. The feminine form of ''Angus'' is ''Angusina''.〔 which cited for the given name "Angus".〕 The earliest form of the given name ''Angus'', and its cognates, occurs in Adomnán's ''Vita Columbae'' (English: "''Life of Columba''") as ''Oinogusius'', ''Oinogussius''. This name likely refers to a Pictish king whose name is recorded variously as ''Onnust'', ''Hungus''.〔 According to historian Alex Woolf, the early Gaelic form of the name, ''Oengus'', was borrowed from the British Pictish ''Onuist'', which appears in British as ''Ungust''. Woolf noted that these names are all derived from the Celtic '' *Oinogustos''. Linguist John Kneen derived this name from two Celtic elements the following way: '' *Oino-gustos'', meaning "one-choice".〔 which is a transcription of 〕 Woolf also stated that between about AD 350 and AD 660, the Insular Celtic dialects underwent changes which included the loss of the final syllables and unstressed vowels, which affected '' *Oinogustos'' thus: '' *Oin ==Variations== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angus (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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