Dougla, a wor used by people of the West Indies, especially in, but not limited to, Trinidad and Tobago. It is used to describe people who are First generation Afro-Trinidadian-Indo-Trinidadian descent. It is a non-hereditary means of naming people; that is, dougla progeny would usually be categorized as another race based on the progeny's appearance even, in the case of dougla-dougla unions.