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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic lochan, diminutive of loch (“lake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lochan (plural lochans)
- (Scotland) A small loch.
2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 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!
2017 February 18, Kari Herbert, The Guardian:The Cairngorms national park has some of Britain’s harshest weather and the heaviest snowfall in Scotland, creating snowfields that stretch to the horizon. Lochs, lochans and waterfalls can be frozen solid.
Anagrams
Güenoa
Noun
lochan
- 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
Noun
lochan m (genitive singular lochain, plural lochanan)
- diminutive of loch
- pond
Thuit mo mhac anns an lochan.- My son fell into the pond.
Etymology 2
Noun
lochan f pl
- plural of loch