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How to pronounce loch in English?

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Type Words
Type of inlet, recess
Type Words
Type of lake

Examples of loch

loch
It is pronounced as MeeALaracht, with the ch pronounced as in the scottish loch.
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Loch said what separates her from Demos is her experience in village government.
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Dependant upon the water level in the loch, the remains can still be seen today.
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The loch waters were progressively drained and in 1691 this was finally achieved.
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The loch lies like a pool of blue silk among the pale yellow of the winter reeds.
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At its southern end, the loch opens into the Firth of Clyde, via the Rhu narrows.
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A passenger ferry traverses the loch to Tarbert from the slipway at Portavadie.
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Last year, in October, some pilot whales almost got stranded in the same sea loch.
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It has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch.
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  • A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
  • Scottish word for a lake
  • (loch ness) a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
  • Loch (or) is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic term for a lake or a sea inlet. It has been anglicised as lough, which is pronounced the same way as loch. Some lochs could also be called a firth, fjord, estuary, strait or bay. Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs or sea loughs.
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  • (Loch Ness (film)) Loch Ness is a 1996 family drama film starring Ted Danson and Joely Richardson. It was written by John Fusco and directed by Jon Henderson.
  • Loches is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.