Downs
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Downs or The Downs may refer to:
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[edit] Places
In the 'hill' context, the word 'down' derives from Celtic (Welsh or Gaelic) dun "hill, hill fort".
- Downland, a geographical feature
- The North Downs and the South Downs, England, as a collective term
- North Wessex Downs AONB, England
- White Horse Hills, England
- The Downs, sea area between Goodwin Sands and the East Kent coast
- The Downs (Bristol), a public open space in Bristol, England
- a large grassy area on the University of Nottingham's University Park Campus
- The Downs School, name of three schools
- Downs, Illinois, a village in the United States
- Downs, a townland in the parish of Desertcreat, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
[edit] Health
- Down Syndrome or Down's Syndrome, a human hereditary/congenital/genetic disorder.
[edit] Surname
- Anthony Downs
- Bertis Downs, IV
- Bill Downs
- Brandi Downs
- Connor Goodwin
- Charles E. Downs
- Deidre Downs
- Donald Downs
- Ephraim Downs
- George Edward Downs
- George W. Downs
- Hugh Downs
- Jason Downs
- Johnny Downs
- Lila Downs
- Nicholas Downs
- Scott Downs
- Solomon W. Downs
- Thomas Nelson Downs
- Wilbur Downs