"Loch Ness" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Scottish Gaelic, from loch (“lake”) + Ness (“a river”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|xpi|cel}}, {{der|en|gd|-}} Scottish Gaelic Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Loch Ness}} Loch Ness
  1. A lake in the Great Glen of Scotland, United Kingdom, the second largest in Britain, and with a maximum depth of 226 metres. It is the alleged home of the Loch Ness monster, Nessie. Wikipedia link: en:Loch Ness Categories (place): Lakes, Places in Scotland Derived forms: Loch Ness monster, Nessie Translations (lake in the Great Glen of Scotland): بحيرَة نيس (Arabic), 尼斯湖 (nei⁴ si¹ wu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 尼斯湖 (Nísīhú) (Chinese Mandarin), Loch Ness (Danish), Loch Ness [neuter] (Dutch), Loch Ness (Estonian), loch Ness (French), Loch Ness (Hungarian), ネス湖 (nesuko) (Japanese), Ло́х Нес (Lóh Nes) [masculine] (Macedonian), Lago Ness [masculine] (Portuguese), Loch Nis (Scottish Gaelic), Loh Nes (Serbian), lago Ness [masculine] (Spanish), Llyn Ness (Welsh)
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