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Scottish Gaelic place-name element
loch
loch means “lake, loch”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Loch- (Loch Ness)
Place names with loch
- Loch Nis · Loch Ness · Highland“loch of the (River) Ness”, its main outflow
- Geàrrloch · Gairloch · Highland“short loch”
- Loch Aillse · Loch Alsh · Highland“foaming lake”
Other Scottish Gaelic elements
baile · village, townbàn · white, pale, faircàrn · cairnceann · head, enddùn · fort, fortresseaglais · churchgleann · glen, valleyinbhir · mouth of a river, estuarylios · garden; enclosure; fortified placemòr · big, large, greatmuileann · millport · port, harbourruadh · redsròn · nose; promontory, pointtobar · well, spring
Sources
- Wiktionary: loch (Scottish Gaelic) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (gd-loch)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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