道格斯島

Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
	; 圖中心的半島即道格斯島
	; 在倫敦中心的位置
OS 格網參考	TQ375785
名譽郡	大倫敦
區域	倫敦;
國家	英格蘭
主權國家	英國
郵鎮	倫敦
郵區	E14
電話區號	020
警察	倫敦警察廳
消防	倫敦消防隊
救護	倫敦救護站
英國國會選區	波普拉和萊姆豪斯;

道格斯島（英語：Isle of Dogs）是倫敦東區的一個地區，也是泰晤士河泥沙堆積形成的最大半島之一。^[1]

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語源學

「Isle of Dogs」之名最早出現在1519年至1523年間寫成的《亨利八世信函》（Letters & Papers of Henry VIII）中，實際上關於其名的一個說法就是亨利八世曾把他的獵犬養在這座島上。^[2]

1898年的《諺語和寓言詞典》（Dictionary of Phrase and Fable）中說島名中的「Dogs」（狗）指的是愛德華三世的一群獵犬灰狗。也有人認為其原名應該是「Isle of Ducks」（鴨島），因為按古代記錄島上有許多野鴨，但後世訛傳為現名。^[3]除此以外還有一系列其他理論，但眾說紛紜，未有定論。

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參考文獻

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The Isle of Dogs: Introduction, Survey of London: volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs (1994), pp. 375-87 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） accessed: 9 February 2007
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An Account of the Hamlet of Poplar, in Middlesex. The Universal magazine. East London History Society. June 1795 [19 September 2011]. （原始內容存檔於2018-04-05）. It is opposite Greenwich in Kent; and when our sovereigns had a palace near the site of the present magnificent hospital, they used it as a hunting-seat, and, it is said, kept the kennels of their hounds in this marsh. These hounds frequently making a great noise, the seamen called the place the Isle of Dogs.
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. (1898). Bartleby.com. [2013-06-27]. （原始內容存檔於2021-03-09）.

Eve Hostettler, The Isle of Dogs: 1066–1918: A Brief History, Volume I (London: Island History Trust, 2000) ISBN 0-9508815-4-6
Eve Hostettler, The Isle of Dogs: The Twentieth Century: A Brief History, Volume II (London: Island History Trust, 2001) ISBN 0-9508815-5-4

外部連結

Island Heritage & History Trust （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
Isle of Dogs landscape architecture

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The Isle of Dogs: Introduction, Survey of London: volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs (1994), pp. 375-87 （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） accessed: 9 February 2007

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An Account of the Hamlet of Poplar, in Middlesex. The Universal magazine. East London History Society. June 1795 [19 September 2011]. （原始內容存檔於2018-04-05）. It is opposite Greenwich in Kent; and when our sovereigns had a palace near the site of the present magnificent hospital, they used it as a hunting-seat, and, it is said, kept the kennels of their hounds in this marsh. These hounds frequently making a great noise, the seamen called the place the Isle of Dogs.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. (1898). Bartleby.com. [2013-06-27]. （原始內容存檔於2021-03-09）.

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