Etymology

Looe

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Today it means: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553). Full definition →

Cornish Logh
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The story

  1. Cornish · borrowed fromLogh
  2. English todayLooe

From Cornish Logh, from logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

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