Lachlan

American  

[lahk-luhn] / ˈlɑk lən /

noun

1. a river in S New South Wales, Australia, flowing NW and SW to the Murrumbidgee River. 922 miles (1,484 km) long.

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Lachlan British  

/ ˈlɒklən /

noun

1. a river in SE Australia, rising in central New South Wales and flowing northwest then southwest to the Murrumbidgee River. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Lachlan

named after Lachlan Macquarie, governor of New South Wales (1809–21)

Example Sentences

Since then, Nic White, Lachlan Turner, Scott Sio and Len Ikitau have arrived at Exeter, but Tom Hooper is already up there among the best Australian imports.

From BBC

Elsewhere, rising Australian sprinter Gout Gout, 18, finished second in the men's 200m, 0.05secs behind international team-mate Lachlan Kennedy, 25, who won in a time of 20.38.

From BBC

And kind of ironically, the thing that brought them back together was when they united several years ago to sue their older brother, Lachlan, and Rupert for trying to change the trust and hand the empire to Lachlan.

From Slate

David Plotz: Do you get the sense that Lachlan has the ruthless brilliance and the eye for talent that Rupert Murdoch has had?

From Slate

I mean, I think my prediction is that after Rupert’s death, Lachlan sells the company, or does some sort of transaction where he’s no longer running the company, because he’s shown no evidence throughout his entire career that he has the same hunger that his father did to travel the globe, buying companies, building an empire.

From Slate