lough.
A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
Meaning & usage
A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of lay, loch, and Looe.
lake, pool
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lough, logh, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *lux, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”).
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