Lough Neagh
English
Etymology
Derived from Irish Loch nEachach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɒxˈneɪ/
Proper noun
- A large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland.
- 2023 August 23, Tommy Greene, “Lough Neagh ‘dying in plain sight’ due to vast algal blooms”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the British Isles, has been hit by recorded levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae that regional agencies say have not been seen since the 1970s.
Translations
large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland
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References
- “Neagh, Lough”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Fingallian
Etymology
Derived from Irish Loch nEachach.
Proper noun
- Lough Neagh
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
- Lough Neagh,
- Two Lakes in Ireland.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):