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