Logan

[loh-guhn]

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

/ 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)

logan

²

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. other names for rocking stone

logan

³

/ ˈləʊɡən /

noun

1. another name for bogan 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of Logan¹

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

Example Sentences

That is what happened at Logan, where the school district agreed to a multiyear lease.

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The following year, he, Hess, and their new baby daughter, Logan, moved to St. Petersburg.

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Third choice was Dallas Fed chief Lorie Logan, who as a senior executive at the New York Fed had significant responsibility for developing and managing the tools to implement central bank policy.

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Logan Reed, 41, said he wouldn’t put money into private investments unless the fees fall significantly.

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Logan’s Bea, a diva with a revolving grudge, never worries if she’s being too bold or brash.

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