loch

Scottish Gaelic and Irish word for a lake or a sea inlet
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loch

Summary

loch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • loch is a type of body of water[2].
  • loch's Commons category is recorded as Lochs[3].
  • loch's language of work or name is recorded as Goidelic[4].
  • loch's said to be the same as is recorded as Q25569623[5].
  • loch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lochs[6].
  • loch's partially coincident with is recorded as lake[7].
  • loch's partially coincident with is recorded as cove[8].
  • loch's different from is recorded as lock[9].

Body

Definition and Type

loch is a type of body of water[2].

Influence

Things named for loch include Loch-class frigate[10], a ship class[11], founded in 1944[12].

Why It Matters

loch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[1] loch has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] loch is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for loch include Loch-class frigate[10], a ship class[11], founded in 1944[12].

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  1. 6w ago · AnnaMehta · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with lake, cove
    Different from lock
    Subclass of body of water
    Said to be the same as Q25569623
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: cc1d4df3-2527-4aed-888c-3b3ed1d00e5b, Adding BBC Things ID"
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