Downs
Downs or The Downs may refer to:
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
- The Downs, a large grassy area on the University of Nottingham's University Park Campus
- The Downs School (disambiguation), name of three schools
- Downs, Illinois, a village in the United States
- Downs, Kansas, a small city in the United States
- Downs (townland), a townland in the parish of Desertcreat, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Downs, County Laois, a townland in County Laois, Ireland
- Darling Downs, Queensland, a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland
Health
- Down syndrome or Down's Syndrome, a human hereditary/congenital/genetic disorder
Surname
- Anthony Downs (born 1930), scholar in public policy and public administration
- Bertis Downs, IV (born 1956), counselor and manager for the rock band R
- Bill Downs (1914–1978), American broadcast journalist for CBS Radio
- Charles E. Downs , first Los Angeles City Councilman
- Deidre Downs (born 1980), winner of Miss America 2005
- Donald Downs, American political science professor
- Ephraim Downs (1787–1860), America wooden movement clockmaker
- George Edward Downs (1856–1936), cricket Test match umpire
- George W. Downs
- Hollis Downs (born 1946), American politician
- Hugh Downs (born 1921), American broadcaster
- Jason Downs (born 1973), American singer
- Johnny Downs (1913–1994), American actor
- Lila Downs (born 1968), Mexican/American singer
- Matt Downs (born 1984), Major League Baseball baseman
- Nicholas Downs (born 1976), American actor
- Scott Downs (born 1976), American baseball pitcher
- Solomon W. Downs (1801–1854), United States Senator
- Thomas Nelson Downs (1867–1938), magician
- Wilbur Downs (1913–1991), naturalist and virologist
Technology
See also