Lough Neagh

English

Etymology

Derived from Irish Loch nEachach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɒxˈneɪ/

Proper noun

Lough Neagh

1. 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

• Irish: Loch nEathach m

References

• “Neagh, Lough”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Fingallian

Etymology

Derived from Irish Loch nEachach.

Proper noun

Lough Neagh

1. 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.