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Loch

(lŏk, lôKH)

See Lake.

loch

(lŏKH, lŏk)

n. Scots

1. A lake.

2. An arm of the sea similar to a fjord.

[Middle English louch, from Scottish Gaelic loch, from Old Irish.]

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loch

(lɒx; lɒk)

1. (Physical Geography) a Scot word for lake¹

2. (Physical Geography) Also called: sea loch a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Scotland

[C14: from Gaelic]

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loch

(lɒk, lɒx)

n. Scot.

1. a lake.

2. a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea.

[1350–1400; Middle English (Scots) louch, locht < Scottish Gaelic loch, Old Irish loch, c. Latin lacus, Old English lagu; compare lake¹, lough]

loch

A word used for a lake in Scotland, from Gaelic.

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Noun	1.	loch - a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) inlet, recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
	2.	loch - Scottish word for a lake lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

Translations

järvi

lac

lago seno

loch

[lɒx] N (Scot) → lago m; (= sea loch) → ría f, brazo m de mar

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loch

[ˈlɒx] n → lac m, loch m

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loch

n (Scot) → See m; (= sea loch) → Meeresarm m

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loch

[lɒx] n (Scot) → lago

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"And therefore," continued Athos, "the cardinal -- the true cardinal, the other one -- determined one fine morning to arrest poor Marie Michon and send her to the Chateau de Loches. Fortunately the affair was not managed so secretly but that it became known to the queen.

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'73, by letters given to Gergeole, we instituted you keeper of the Wood of Vincennes, in the place of Gilbert Acle, equerry; in '75, gruyer* of the forest of Rouvray-lez- Saint-Cloud, in the place of Jacques le Maire; in '78, we graciously settled on you, by letters patent sealed doubly with green wax, an income of ten livres parisis, for you and your wife, on the Place of the Merchants, situated at the School Saint-Germain; in '79, we made you gruyer of the forest of Senart, in place of that poor Jehan Daiz; then captain of the ChÃ¢teau of Loches; then governor of Saint- Quentin; then captain of the bridge of Meulan, of which you cause yourself to be called comte.

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Fe ddaeth yr ysgol i ben toc wedi dechrau yr ail ryfel byd ac fel 'roedd Bethan yn dweud, bu yr adeilad yn loches i faciwis o Ben Dwyrain Llundain.

Atgofion o amser bedwar ugain mlynedd yn ol; LLYTHYRAU

Today this sumptuous situation is not available; Sindh loches have been devastated.

Seasonal birds

Roedd Norbert hefyd wedi gorfod chwilio am loches o'r Congo ac wedi symud i fyw i Gasnewydd.

WELSH COLUMN

HRH thanked the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Jordan, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Region Centre, USAID, the Association of the Friends of Jerash, U.F.E, and the Rotary Club of Loches for their assistance in producing the model.

Princess Sumaya Praises the Sustainable Innovators of Ancient Jerash

Ar y ffordd yn ol am y Plas rwyf yn mynd heibio Capel y Cwn, yr hyn a elwir yn loches, y pethau ffol roedd y boneddigions yn godi yn eu gerddi !

Cofio gormeswyr wrth ddianc o rhialtwch Jiwbili

Byw yn yr Ardd (8.25pm) Bydd Bethan yn chwilio am loches i ddraenog yn yr ardd.

Pickoftheday

The biggest and the best can be found in Loches in the Loire Valley, where you can pick up farm produce, honey and cheeses for the next day's breakfast.

After midnight.. SKIP BARS FOR BADGERS & CLUBS FOR KAYAKS

Markets are a French way of life and one of the largest in the area is held every Saturday at Loches, south-east of Tours on the banks of the River Indre.

secret garden; Hidden gems in the heart of rustic France With climbing roses clinging to the beige-coloured walls of a picturesque cottage, it sounds like the perfect English retreat. But SYLVIE DALTON and family travelled from the Midlands to the middle lands of France to fulfil their rustic dream

By the 16th of August, Le Coz had liberated Loches and insisted that Veness and Fairweather join him in the victory march, which ended with Le Coz abusing suspected collaborators and shooting one.