Donald

== English == === Etymology === Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒn.əld/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɑn.əld/ Rhymes: -ɒnəld Hyphenation: Don‧ald === Proper noun === Donald (countable and uncountable, plural Donalds) A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. A surname. A place name: An unincorporated community in Long County, Georgia, United States. An unincorporated community in the town of Pershing, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. A community regarded as a ghost town west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada. A town in the Shire of Buloke, western Victoria, Australia. ==== Usage notes ==== Popular in all English-speaking countries in the first half of the 20th century. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Translingual: donaldtrumpi ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Donald (plural Donalds) (Cockney rhyming slang) Abbreviation of Donald Trump (“a dump, an act of defecation”). 2018, Mick Herron, London Rules, Baskerville 2022, p. 119: ‘But I'm overdue for a Donald. You lot squabble amongst yourselves.’ He stole Catherine's newspaper on the way out. === Anagrams === Doland == Albanian == === Proper noun === Donald m a male given name ==== Declension ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɔnəlt/, /ˈdoːnalt/ The second form still prevails in Donald Duck, but otherwise the more Anglicized pronunciation is now predominant. === Proper noun === Donald m (proper noun, strong, genitive Donalds or (with an article) Donald) a male given name of chiefly foreign usage == Swedish == === Etymology === From English Donald. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1880. === Proper noun === Donald c (genitive Donalds) a male given name === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn. Almqvist&Wiksell 1996