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")