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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“I want my kids and my grandkids to be able to say, ‘The voice that you hear at Logan Airport is Yaya,’” said the 76-year-old retired DMV worker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Weber and Logan were given approximately 48 hours to respond to the DOJ’s letter.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
Dean Logan, the Los Angeles county clerk and recorder, told The Guardian his office refused to review the list, in part because they didn’t consider the USB drive to be secure.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
That leaves right guard Cole Strange, a fifth-year veteran, likely starting alongside four rookies: left tackle Logan Taylor, left guard Jake Slaughter, center Jacob Spomer and right tackle Travis Burke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
His buddies, including Clint and Logan, give him high fives.
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
They are also called logan stones and "hoar" stones, hoar meaning a boundary, inasmuch as they were frequently used in later times to mark the boundary of an estate, parish, or manor.
From Vanishing England by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
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 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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