Loch is the Scottish Gaelic and Irish word for a lake or a sea inlet.
Loch may also refer to:
Places
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Loch, Victoria, a town in Australia
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Loch railway station
Loch is a railway station on the former South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital o ...
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Lochs, Outer Hebrides, a parish on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Lochans, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Loch Castle (Eichhofen), a rare example of a Bavarian cave castle
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Mount Loch, a mountain in Australia
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The Loch (Central Park) in Manhattan, New York, United States
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Loch Fyne (Greenland)
Loch Fyne is a fjord in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland. History
The fjord was explored and mapped in 1823 by British Arctic explorer Douglas Clavering during the Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea expediti ...
, a fjord in East Greenland
People
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Loch (surname)
Fiction and folklore
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Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster ( gd, Uilebheist Loch Nis), affectionately known as Nessie, is a creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one or mor ...
or "Nessie", a supposed aquatic being in Scottish folklore, which reputedly inhabits Loch Ness
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''The Loch'' (novel), a novel by Steve Alten
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''The Loch'' (TV series), a British TV series
Other uses
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Baron Loch, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Loch-class frigate
The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine (A/S) frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18 ...
, a class of ship built for the Royal Navy and her allies during World War II
See also
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Deloche (disambiguation)
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Loches
Loches () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, central France.
It is situated southeast of Tours by road, on the left bank of the river Indre.
History
Loches (the Roman ''Leucae'') grew up around a monastery founded about 500 by St ...
, a commune in central France
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Loché, an associated commune of Mâcon, France
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Loche (disambiguation)
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List of lochs of Scotland
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Lochia
In the field of obstetrics, lochia is the vaginal discharge after giving birth, containing blood, mucus, and uterine tissue. Lochia discharge typically continues for four to eight weeks after childbirth, a time known as the postpartum period or pue ...
, the vaginal discharge after giving birth
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