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lough

  [lok, lokh]
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–noun Irish English.
1. a lake.
2. a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea.
Compare loch.

Origin:
1505–15; Anglo-Irish sp. of Ir loch lake; cf. ME low, lough(e), logh(e), OE (Northumbrian) lūh < British Celtic *lux- (> Welsh llwch (obs.) lake, OBreton luh, Breton louc’h), appar. < early Ir; see loch
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lough   (lŏKH, lŏk)   
n.   Irish
  1. A lake.
  2. A bay or an inlet of the sea.

[Middle English, from Old English luh, ultimately from Old Irish loch.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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lough 
c.1330, "a lake," Anglo-Celtic, representing a northern form of Ir. and Gale. loch, Welsh llwch.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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