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Urie Loch

lake or loch · North Ayrshire

Old NorseAI-generated

Urie Loch is likely a Norse name. 'Urie' may derive from Old Norse 'ur', meaning 'wild bull' or 'aurochs', and 'Loch' is a common Scottish Gaelic and Old Norse word for a lake or sea inlet.

Word origins

Urie
Old Norsewild bull, aurochs(from ur "wild bull, aurochs")
Loch
Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")