Downs

Downs

Downs or The Downs may refer to:

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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

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Technology

  • Downs process, Process for manufacturing pure sodium
  • Downs cell, Vessel used for manufacturing pure sodium
  • Downs Light Railway, the world's oldest private miniature railway

See also

  • Downes (disambiguation)
  • Down (disambiguation)

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  • Downs — (dounz) Two roughly parallel ranges of chalk hills in southeast England. The North Downs extend about 161 km (100 mi) from west to east; the South Downs, about 105 km (65 mi). Both are sheep rearing areas. * * * the general name for a number of… …   Universalium

  • Downs — Downs, IL U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 776 Housing Units (2000): 301 Land area (2000): 2.705538 sq. miles (7.007311 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.705538 sq. miles (7.007311 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Downs, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 776 Housing Units (2000): 301 Land area (2000): 2.705538 sq. miles (7.007311 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.705538 sq. miles (7.007311 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Downs, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 1038 Housing Units (2000): 543 Land area (2000): 1.102563 sq. miles (2.855626 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.102563 sq. miles (2.855626 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • downs — downs; downs·man; …   English syllables

  • Downs — (engl., spr. Dauns), 1) niedrige, kahle Hügel, längs der Südküste von England, werden in Dorsetshire u. Wiltshire höher u. gebirgartig; 2) so v.w. Dünen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Downs [1] — Downs (spr. dauns), s. Schaf …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Downs [2] — Downs (spr. dauns, »Dünen«), zwei Höhenzüge in England, die, von der Ebene von Salisbury ausgehend, sich in östlicher Richtung erstrecken. Die nördlichen D., die im Inkpen Beacon (südlich vom Kennet) 296 m Höhe erreichen, enden mit den Felsen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Downs [3] — Downs (spr. dauns), berühmte Reede in der Straße von Calais, der englischen Stadt Deal gegenüber, im O. durch die Goodwin Sands geschützt. Hier vernichtete der holländische Admiralleutnant Marten Tromp 21. Okt. 1639 die letzte bedeutende… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Downs — (spr. dauns, d.h. Dünen), in Südengland zwei Reihen von Kreidehügeln, die North D., von Winchester östl. bis Dover und Folkestone, bis 295 m hoch, die South D., mit schönen Weiden (South Down Schafe), von Eastbourne bis Hampshire, bis 248 m hoch …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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