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meaning a "low-lying bit of land in
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Brythonic word into the Northumbrian dialect of Old English.
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English settled
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370:(lower case initial), rather than as
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843:Beckensall, Stan (2004).
772:Oxford English Dictionary
735:List of loughs of England
730:List of loughs of Ireland
725:List of lochs of Scotland
347:orthography in Scotland.
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211:("lake, pond"), English
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401:equivalent of Welsh
215:("lake") and French
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551:Lake Louise
452:Loch Linnhe
433:Loch Lomond
360:Black Lough
250:Northumbria
56:Loch Lomond
970:Categories
928:2 December
795:required.)
751:References
745:Lake-burst
675:Loch Leven
667:Loch Leven
647:Loch Broom
643:Loch Garry
598:island of
562:shibboleth
555:Raith Lake
472:reservoirs
142:Background
52:Ben Lomond
991:Hydronymy
699:in 1823.
695:named by
693:Greenland
685:Loch Fyne
566:fricative
480:Loch Sloy
470:Some new
460:Afon Dyfi
448:Loch Fyne
444:Loch Long
425:Loch Ness
391:Loch Ryan
383:Brythonic
341:Brittonic
333:Maesllwch
305:Old Welsh
128:estuaries
97:sea inlet
703:See also
651:Big Loch
596:Hawaiian
492:Lochaber
437:Loch Tay
429:Loch Awe
387:Goidelic
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194:Scotland
101:Scottish
50:View of
954:15 June
889:29 July
766:"lough"
620:Lafonia
614:in the
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522:of the
399:Cumbric
321:Llwchwr
278:Ireland
254:Cumbria
246:Cumbric
132:straits
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502:above
484:Laggan
454:, and
418:lochán
414:lochan
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368:loughs
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270:bright
266:bricht
124:fjords
120:firths
113:lochan
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109:lough
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891:2018
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535:lake
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474:for
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395:loch
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