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Webster 1913 Edition


Lochan

Loch′an

,
Noun.
[Gael. See 1st
Loch
.]
A small lake; a pond.
[Scot.]
A pond or
lochan
rather than a lake.
H. Miller.

Definition 2024


lochan

lochan

See also: lochán

English

Noun

lochan (plural lochans)

  1. (Scotland) A small loch.
    • 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 23:
      The moor is a bare and ancient landscape; the dank mosses studded with a mosaic of tiny lochans, stumps of vanished trees, largely devoid of sustenance for man and beast, an almost mythical emptiness where dragons, outlaws and elves might easily be imagined!

Anagrams


Güenoa

Noun

lochan

  1. dog

References

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 62

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

loch (lake) + -an; compare Irish lochán

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫ̪ɔxan/

Noun

lochan m (genitive singular lochain, plural lochanan)

  1. diminutive of loch
  2. pond
    Thuit mo mhac anns an lochan.
    My son fell into the pond.

Etymology 2

Noun

lochan f pl

  1. plural of loch