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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

Example Sentences

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Cui also sees the likelihood of two dissents in favor of a 25bp rate hike from regional Fed presidents Logan and Hammack, with a possible third from Kashkari.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Adrian Logan, who was a colleague of Kelly's at UTV, described him as a "larger-than-life character".

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

“I currently believe modestly higher interest rates would better balance the outlook and risks for the Fed’s dual-mandate goals,” Logan said in a speech Thursday, referring to strong employment and low inflation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

On defense, Rushing ranks next-to-last in defensive runs saved among major league catchers, ahead of only the Angels’ Logan O’Hoppe.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

I turn around just in time to see Logan toss a french fry right at us.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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

There is a breezy common on the top of a high hill overlooking the town, where stand a logan stone and a circle of upright stones constituting the ‘temple of the Druids.’

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

The island sentinelled the mouth of the logan that deeply indented the shore on the quiet side of the river.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

And the boulder, which must have been balanced like a logan stone, went crashing over the side of the precipice the moment she had released her hold on it and recovered her equilibrium.

From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita

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