Loch o' th' Lowes
lake or loch · East Ayrshire
Old NorseSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name likely means 'the lake of the low-lying areas'. 'Lowes' is a dialectal form of 'low', referring to a flat or marshy area.
Word origins
- Loch
- Gaeliclake(from loch "lake")
- o'
- ScotsAttestedof(from of "of")
- th'
- Scotsthe(from the "the")
- Lowes
- Old Norselow-lying areas(from lág "low")
Historical forms
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