loch

[ lok, lokh ]
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nounScot.
  1. a lake.

  2. a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea.

Origin of loch

1
1350–1400; Middle English (Scots ) louch, locht<Scots Gaelic loch,Old Irish loch lake, cognate with Latin lacus,Old English lagu;see lake1, lough

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British Dictionary definitions for loch

loch

/ (lɒx, lɒk) /


noun
  1. a Scot word for lake 1

  2. Also called: sea loch a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Scotland

Origin of loch

1
C14: from Gaelic

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