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'''Downs''' or '''The Downs''' may refer to:
==Places==
In the 'hill' context, the word 'down' derives from [[Celtic languages|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 (townland)|Downs]], a [[townland]] in the parish of [[Desertcreat]], [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]
==Health==
*[[Down Syndrome]] or Down's Syndrome, a human hereditary/congenital/genetic disorder.
==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]]
==See also==
* [[Downes]]
* [[Down]]
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