Dougla

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Dougla

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Borrowed from Caribbean Hindustani dugalaa (“many, much, a mix”), from Hindi दोग़ला (doġlā, “mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, hybrid, half-caste”), corrupted from Classical Persian داغول (dāġūl, “illegitimate child, trickster, cheat”).

noun Douglas · Dogla · Dugla

Caribbean A Caribbean person of mixed African and Indian descent. But the dilemmas facing douglas and their parents are often different: being born dougla is not the same as choosing intermarriage and bearing a dougla. Parents are not often douglas themselves.

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@misc{dougla_2026,
  title = {Dougla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dougla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}