Reservoir Number 8
lake or loch · Inverclyde
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The name 'Reservoir Number 8' is a modern English descriptor for a man-made water storage facility, identified by its numerical sequence. It does not have a historical etymological origin in older languages.
Word origins
- Reservoir
- Old EnglishA place where water is collected and stored(from re- "again", servare "to keep, to save")
- Number
- UnknownA numeral(from nombre "number")
- 8
- UnknownThe cardinal number eight