Logan
Americannoun
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John or James Tah-gah-jute, c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
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Joshua, 1908–1988, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.
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Mount, a mountain in Canada, in the Mount Elias Mountains: second highest peak in North America. 19,850 feet (6,050 meters).
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a city in N Utah.
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a male given name.
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Etymology
Origin of logan
C18: from logging-stone, from dialect log to rock
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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
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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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