Lough
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English
Proper noun
Lough (plural Loughs)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lough is the 8986th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3641 individuals. Lough is most common among White (94.56%) individuals.
Anagrams
Yola
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish loch (“lake”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lough
- Of Ballymacushin, near the Commons.
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:
- Joud an moud vrem earchee ete was ee Lough.
- Throngs and crowds from each quarter were at the Lough;
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84