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Looe.

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).

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Meaning & usage

name/luː/UK
  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).

Where this word comes from

From Cornish Logh, from logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

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