Douglas may refer to:

People

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) Douglas, occasionally spelt Douglass'','' is a Scottish surname. It is thought to derive from the Scottish Gaelic ''dubh glas'', meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has dev ...

Animals

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

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 ...

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 Douglas Holding was a German retail group based in Düsseldorf which included subsidiaries perfumery chain Douglas GmbH, confectionery chain Hussel, bookstore chain Thalia Buchhandel and women's fashion store chain AppelrathCüpper. After the take ...

, former German company *

Douglas (motorcycles) Douglas was a British motorcycle manufacturer from 1907 to 1957 based in Kingswood, Bristol, owned by the Douglas family, and especially known for its horizontally opposed twin cylinder engined motorcycles and as manufacturers of speedway mach ...

, British motorcycle manufacturer

Peerage and Baronetage

Duke of Douglas The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the Duke's eldest son. History ...

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 A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) ...

, or any holder of the title *

Douglas baronets There have been six Douglas baronetcies created, two each in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, Baronetage of Great Britain and Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the Unit ...

Peoples

Clan Douglas Clan Douglas ( Gaelic: ''Dùbhghlas'') is an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands. Taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire, their leaders gained vast territories throughout the Borders, Angus, Lothian, Moray, and also ...

, 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 Douglas is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Douglas had a population of 7,780 people. Geography Douglas is bounded to the north by the '' Ross River'' and is to the south-west of the Townsvill ...

, a suburb of Townsville *

Douglas, Queensland (Toowoomba Region) Douglas is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Douglas had a population of 152 people. Geography The Pechey-Maclagan Road runs through the locality from east to west. ...

, a locality *

Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately north of Cairns. In the , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. The town's population can often double, however, ...

, 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 (2001 population: 2,369) is a Canadian suburban community in York County, New Brunswick. Located on the east bank of the Saint John River, Douglas developed as a farming community but has witnessed two residential subdivisions develop ...

Douglas Parish, New Brunswick Douglas is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the city of Fredericton and the local service districts of Estey's Bridge and the par ...

* 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 ...

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 In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

, Saskatchewan

Isle of Man

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

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 ...

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 Douglas Peak () is a peak in Antarctica, high, lying 11 nautical miles (20 km) southwest of Mount Codrington and 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Mount Marr. It was discovered in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Ant ...

United Kingdom

England

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 The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland or Astland, flows through parts of Lancashire and Greater Manchester in North West England. It is a tributary of the River Ribble and has several tributaries, the major ones being the River Ta ...

Northern Ireland

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

Scotland

Castle Douglas Castle Douglas () is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the eastern part of Galloway, between the towns of Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet. It is in the ecclesiastical paris ...

, Dumfries and Galloway *

Douglas, South Lanarkshire Douglas () is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles south west of Lanark. The ...

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 The Douglas Water () is a river in South Lanarkshire of south-central Scotland. It is a tributary of the River Clyde. Etymology The river's name comes from the Gaelic ''dubh-ghlas'' or Brittonic ''dūβ-*glẹiss'', both meaning either "black ...

, South Lanarkshire *

Glen Douglas Glen Douglas () is a glen in the southwest Scottish Highlands. It is drained by the Douglas Water, which discharges at the village of Inverbeg at its eastern end into Loch Lomond. The glen is followed by a single-track road which links the A ...

, Argyll and Bute *

Douglas, Dundee Douglas and Angus (commonly referred to as Douglas) is an area of Eastern Dundee, Scotland. It is located between Whitfield, Dundee, Whitfield to the North and Broughty Ferry to the East. In the eastern part of Douglas is the distinctive Michel ...

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 Douglas is a city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 11,722. Douglas is the county seat of Coffee County and the core city of the Table of United States Micr ...

Douglasville, Georgia The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. , the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately west of Atlant ...

Douglas, Illinois (disambiguation) Douglas, Illinois may refer to: *Douglas, Knox County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Knox County *Douglas, St. Clair County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in St. Clair County *Douglas, Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago *New Dougl ...

, multiple places with the same name *

Douglas, Massachusetts Douglas is a town in southern Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,983 at the 2020 census. It includes the Douglas State Forest, managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). History The name ...

Douglas, Michigan Douglas (officially known as the City of the Village of Douglas) is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,378 at the 2020 census. The city is surrounded by Saugatuck Township and the city of Saugatuck is ...

* Douglas, Olmsted County, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Olmsted County *

Douglas, Nebraska Douglas is a village in southwest Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 166 at the 2020 census. History Douglas was platted . Douglas was the maiden name of the wife of the original owner of the town site. 1925 editionis ava ...

Douglas, North Dakota Douglas is a city in Ward County, North Dakota, Ward County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Minot, North Dakota, Minot Minot micropolitan area, Micropolitan Stat ...

Douglas, Ohio Douglas is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History A post office called Douglas was established in 1880, and remained in operation until 1907. The town site was not officially plat In the United St ...

Douglas, Oklahoma Douglas is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 32 at the 2010 census. Geography Douglas is located in southeastern Garfield County. It is southeast of Enid, the county seat, and north of Oklahoma City. Acc ...

Douglas, Washington Douglas is an unincorporated community located in Douglas County, Washington, east of Waterville. Established in 1883, it is home to approximately 30 residents. History Douglas was established in 1883, with many families moving from their n ...

* Douglas, West Virginia *

Douglas, Wisconsin Douglas (at one time spelled Douglass) is a town in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 768 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Briggsville and Douglas Center are located within the town. Geograph ...

, a town **

Douglas Center, Wisconsin Douglas Center (at one time spelled Douglass Center) is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Marquette County, Wisconsin, Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States, between Briggsville, Wisconsin, Briggsville and Oxford, 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 is an agricultural and stock farming town situated near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Notably the rural town has a diverse population, with mostly state institutions and the an ...

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 Douglas, also known as Douglas Settlement is a settlement in the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory. It is located on the west shore of Salvador Water on East Falkland. Established as a sheep farm in the mid-19th century by Robert Gree ...

Plants

Douglas iris ''Iris douglasiana'', the Douglas iris, is a common wildflower of the coastal regions of Northern and Central California and southern Oregon in the United States. It grows mainly at lower elevations, below , though it is occasionally found at hei ...

, 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 Douglas Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Douglas, Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Seandún Board and fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. History Located in the suburb of Dougla ...

, 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 Started in 1945 and concluded in 2011, ''The Railway Series ''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Sodor (fictional island), Island of Sodor. There ...

, 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