Lough


[lok, lokh] /lɒk, lɒx/

noun, Irish English.
1.
a lake.
2.
a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea.
/lɒx; lɒk/
noun
1.
an Irish word for lake1
2.
a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Ireland
n.

“a lake, pool,” early 14c., Anglo-Celtic, representing a northern form of Irish and Gaelic loch, Welsh llwch, from PIE root *laku- (see lake (n.1)).

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