loch

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | 177 words | Copyright

loch. OIr., ModIr., and ScG word for lake or arm of the sea. The anglicization lough-is now standard in Irish place-names, while Scottish place-names retain loch; see also LLYN.

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