Lough

See also: lough

English

Proper noun

Lough (plural Loughs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lough is the 8986^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3641 individuals. Lough is most common among White (94.56%) individuals.

Anagrams

• ghoul

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔː/

Proper noun

Lough

1. Of Ballymacushin, near the Commons.
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Joud an moud vrem earchee ete was ee Lough.

     Throngs and crowds from each quarter were at the Lough;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84