"lough" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɒx/ [UK], /lɒk/ [UK] Audio: Ga-lough.ogg Forms: loughs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒx, -ɒk Etymology: Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of loch and Looe. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ga|loch}} Borrowed from Irish loch, {{der|en|sga|loch}} Old Irish loch, {{der|en|cel-pro|*loku||lake, pool}} Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*lókus||pond, pool}} Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”), {{dbt|en|loch|Looe}} Doublet of loch and Looe Head templates: {{en-noun}} lough (plural loughs)
  1. (Ireland) A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland. Tags: Ireland Categories (place): Bodies of water Synonyms: loch (english: in Scotland) Derived forms: Lough Allen, Lough Neagh, Lough Swilly, Strangford Lough
    Sense id: en-lough-en-noun-h2cajJG6 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 86 14 Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 84 2 2 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 86 4 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 3 3 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lɒf/ [UK] Forms: loughs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: From Middle English lough, logh, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *luch, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lough}} Middle English lough, {{bor|en|xcb|*luch}} Cumbric *luch, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*luch}} Proto-Brythonic *luch, {{der|en|cel-pro|*lokus||lake, pool}} Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lough (plural loughs)
  1. (Northumbria, Cumbria) lake, pool Tags: Cumbria, Northumbria
    Sense id: en-lough-en-noun-ZNrlCZcP Categories (other): Cumbrian English, Northumbrian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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