lough
lough · loughs
A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in IrelandA lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
UK/lɒk/US/lɑk/
Meaning
2 senses(Ireland)A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
(Cumbria, Northumbria)Lake, pool
Irish word for a lake
Origin
Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), frBorrowed 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.
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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