Queenside Loch
lake or loch · Renfrewshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Queenside Loch is likely named in reference to a queen, possibly a local landowner or a royal association. 'Loch' is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet.
Word origins
- Queen
- Old EnglishAttestedThe female ruler of an independent state or the wife of a king.(from cwēn "queen, wife")
- side
- Old EnglishThe side of something.(from sīde "side")
- Loch
- GaelicA lake or sea inlet.(from loch "lake, sea inlet")