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Loch
Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Loch (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Lock (water).
Loch (/lɒx/) is a word meaning "lake" or "sea inlet" in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, subsequently borrowed into English. In Irish contexts, it often appears in the anglicized form "lough".[1]
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Lochs which connect to the sea may be called "sea lochs" or "sea loughs". Some such bodies of water could also be called firths, fjords, estuaries, straits or bays.