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Coldstream Loch

lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a loch (lake) in Coldstream. 'Coldstream' likely derives from Old English 'cald' (cold) and 'stream' (stream), referring to a cold stream. 'Loch' is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet.

Word origins

Cold
Old Englishcold(from cald "cold")
Stream
Old Englishstream(from strēam "stream")
Loch
Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")

Historical forms

Coldstream Loch