St Helen's Loch
lake or loch · Falkirk
Old EnglishSurmised
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St Helen's Loch is a loch named in honour of Saint Helen. 'Loch' is a Scottish Gaelic or Old Norse word for a lake or sea inlet.
Word origins
- St Helen
- LatinSaint Helen(from sanctus "holy", Helena "Helen")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")