lough

lough
/lok, lokh/, n. Irish Eng.
1. a lake.
2. a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea. Cf. loch.
[1505-15; Anglo-Irish sp. of Ir loch lake; cf. ME low, lough(e), logh(e), OE (Northumbrian) luh < British Celtic *lux- ( > Welsh llwch (obs.) lake, OBreton luh, Breton louc'h), appar. < early Ir; see LOCH]

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