Donald
Syllables: Don·ald/ˈdɒn.əld/US/ˈdɑn.əld/
Donald proper noun: a male given name from Scottish Gaelic. Also the abbreviation of Donald Trump.
Proper noun
Donald (countable and uncountable, plural Donalds)
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- "Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds, and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set...1816, Walter Scott, Old Mortality, Samuel H. Parker, published 1836, page 232
- My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman. And I never called him Don or Donny or Donny Joe. I called him Donald from the first time we met.1980, Laura Furman, The Glass House, a Novella and Stories, Viking Press, published 1980, →ISBN, page 76
- A surname.
- 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.
Also used as
Donald is also the abbreviation of Donald Trump.
Donald meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Arabic and Thai
Donald in Hindi
- male given name
- डॉनल्ड ḍŏnalḍ
Donald in Bengali
- male given name
- ডোনাল্ড ḍōnalḍ
Donald in Arabic
- male given name
- دُونَلْد dūnald
Donald in Thai
- male given name
- ดอนัลด์
More languagesFewer languages
- Donald in Vietnamese
- Đô-nan
Examples of Donald in a sentence
- He is not a cartoon character. - - - "Only the Chinese are stupid enough to give a kid a stupid name like Donald Duk," Donald Duk says to himself.1991, Frank Chin, Donald Duk, Coffee House Press, published 1991, →ISBN, page 1:
- Donald Trump tweeted that she was “truly great.” Mike Pence called her “the First Lady of the Conservative Movement.” Pence wasn’t exaggerating.2016 September 6, Timothy Stanley, “How Phyllis Schlafly gave us Sarah Palin”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021:
Forms of Donald
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Donalds |
| Noun | |
| plural | Donalds |
Origin of Donald
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.
Words formed from Donald
- Dolina
- Don
- Donald Creek
- Donald Duck
- ⇒ Donald Trumpesque
- ⇒ Donald Trumpian
- ⇒ Donald Trumpish
- →⇒ donaldtrumpi
- Donald Trump
- The Donald
- Donalda
- Donaldina
- Donaldson
- Donalds
- Donna
- Donnie
- Donny
Phrases with Donald
Words that rhyme with Donald
Questions about Donald
- What does Donald mean?
- Donald means a male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- What is Donald in Hindi?
- Donald in Hindi is डॉनल्ड (ḍŏnalḍ). See Donald meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Donald in a sentence?
- He is not a cartoon character. - - - "Only the Chinese are stupid enough to give a kid a stupid name like Donald Duk," Donald Duk says to himself.
- What part of speech is Donald?
- Donald is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Donald?
- Donald is pronounced /ˈdɒn.əld/ (UK).
Words near Donald in the dictionary
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