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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.


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

logan 2 British  
/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

  1. other names for rocking stone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

logan 3 British  
/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

  1. another name for bogan 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of logan

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


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Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan and St. Louis Fed President Roberto Musalem both said it was important for the Fed to explain to investors what officials are thinking,

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

In a speech at Davidson College, Logan, who voted on Wednesday to keep rates unchanged, said the Fed needs to implement “at least” two more quarter-point hikes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Logan attempts to medicate him so that he and Caliban can rest, but Xavier fights him off, falls out of his wheelchair and has a telepathic seizure that begins to affect everyone around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Andrew Logan, a senior director at environmental nonprofit Ceres, said the regulations had a profound impact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

There must be some mistake, Couch informed Logan, and demanded that the contributors be allowed to revise their articles.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Fun fact: Loganberries are a cross between black- and raspberries; boysenberries of logan, black-, and raspberries.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022

Here are the first tweets, which he later deleted, via Topsy: lara logan had to outdo anderson. where was her buddy mccrystal?

From Forbes ● Feb. 16, 2011

Every able-bodied man in Castonia was on the booms with a pick-pole, and already the double-diamond logs were swirling and herding in the logan.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

I even went to work the minute the ice slid down-river, and set our sheer-booms above the logan and got the sortin’-gap ready.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

The other would swing the logs of the Enchanted drive into the quiet holding-ground of the logan.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

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