Lough

:Please see also Loch

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A Lough is a body of water and either:

Related Topics:
Lough - Water

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• a lake or;
• b sea lough, which may be perceived also as a fjord, estuary, bay or sea inlet.
• c surname Lough, with various pron. law, loch, low, lowe.

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Lough is an anglicised form of loch, which is an Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic word. Loch is also used in Irish English and Scottish English. Loch is used in Scotland for the Lowland Scots, Gaelic and English names for lakes as well as surnames. In Ireland Lough was introduced by English administrators as the anglicised form of Loch. Lough is also used for some bodies of water in in the far north of England.

Related Topics:
Loch - Irish Gaelic - Scots Gaelic - Irish English - Scottish English - Lowland Scots - English - Ireland

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Except when individually named loughs are often referred to as lakes, fjords, estuaries and sea inlets. Thus lake district and estuary bed may be used in preference to lough district and lough bed. (This practice is not followed to anything like the same degree in English use of loch).

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