Logan

American  

[loh-guhn] / ˈloʊ gən /

noun

1. John or James Tah-gah-jute, c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.

2. Joshua, 1908–1988, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.

3. Mount, a mountain in Canada, in the Mount Elias Mountains: second highest peak in North America. 19,850 feet (6,050 meters).

4. a city in N Utah.

5. a male given name.

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Logan ¹ British  

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. a mountain in NW Canada, in SW Yukon in the St Elias Range: the highest peak in Canada and the second highest in North America. Height (after a re-survey in 1993): 5959 m (19 550 ft)

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logan ² British  

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. other names for rocking stone

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logan ³ British  

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. another name for bogan 1

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Etymology

Origin of logan

C18: from logging-stone, from dialect log to rock

Example Sentences

King, director Antoine Fuqua and writer John Logan last year created a new third act about Michael Jackson’s escaping the professional and psychological influence of his father.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“We anticipate a modest check uplift but limited traffic benefit for MCD,” RBC analyst Logan Reich said in a note last week.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

The game plan worked well enough in Game 1, where a mishandled puck led to Logan O’Connor’s breakaway goal early in the third period, a score that proved to be the difference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Brian Cox is best known as the media mogul Logan Roy in the TV series Succession – a role he won in his seventies after decades in the business.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

During the afternoon, Miss Logan asked for volunteers to share what they were going to do during the summer; lots of hands went up.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez