Dougla
English
Alternative forms
- Dogla, Dugla
Etymology
Borrowed from Caribbean Hindustani dugalaa (“many, much, a mix”).
Noun
Dougla (plural Douglas)
- (Caribbean) A Caribbean person of mixed African and Indian descent.
- 2002, Yasurō Hase, Hiroyuki Miyake, Fumiko Oshikawa, South Asian migration in comparative perspective, movement, settlement and diaspora
- 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.
- 2002, Yasurō Hase, Hiroyuki Miyake, Fumiko Oshikawa, South Asian migration in comparative perspective, movement, settlement and diaspora
Derived terms
- douglarisation, douglarization
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