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a Scottish word so good it lets a lake hide monsters in plain sight
means A lake or a narrow arm of the sea reaching inland, especially in Scotland.
from From Scottish Gaelic 'loch,' a word shared across the Goidelic branch of Celtic — Irish has 'loch' too — and a cousin of the Welsh 'llwch.' Its throat-clearing final consonant is the real giveaway: that guttural 'ch' is pure Gaelic, the sound English speakers flatten into 'lock' and Scots fiercely defend. The same root surfaces in place names far from the Highlands, from Lough Neagh in Ireland to the 'lochs' scattered across the Scottish map.
- Definition
- Scottish and Irish for lake or sea inlet
- Loch Ness
- holds more water than all English lakes combined
- Sea version
- a 'sea loch' is actually a saltwater fjord
- Loch Morar
- deeper than the North Sea, over 300 meters
- Spelling
- that 'ch' is a throat sound, not 'lock'
loch ness — freshwater lake in scottish highlands, famous for alleged monster sightings since 1933
loch morar — deepest freshwater lake in scotland at 310 meters, located in the highlands
loch lomond — largest freshwater lake by surface area in great britain, near glasgow scotland