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The surname Douglass is a Scottish name from various places called Douglas from their situation on a river. Named with Gaelic dubh 'dark', 'black' + glas 'stream' . There are several localities in Scotland and Ireland so named, but the one from which the surname is derived in most if not all cases is 20 miles south of Glasgow, the original stronghold of the influential Douglas family and their retainers.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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