lough

Borrowed from Irish loch, from Old Irish loch, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɒx/, /lɒk/

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lough (plural loughs)

1. A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
   • 2009, January 26, “Henry McDonald”, in It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?‎:

     Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough […] .

• loch (in Scotland)

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