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A loch is a body of Water which is either: This name for a body of water is Gaelic in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. It is also applied to lakes and bays in Ireland . The Anglicised form of loch in Ireland is Lough . :For a full list see: '' List Of Irish Loughs '' and '' List Of Scottish Lochs '' Although there is no strict size definition, a small loch is often known as a lochan (so spelled also in Scottish Gaelic; in Irish it is spelled '''lochán'''). Perhaps the most famous Scottish loch is Loch Ness , although there are other large examples such as Loch Awe , Loch Lomond and Loch Tay . Examples of sea lochs in Scotland include Loch Long , Loch Fyne , Loch Linnhe , Loch Eriboll . Some new above Kinlochleven . Scotland has only one natural water body actually called a lake, the Lake Of Menteith , an Anglicisation of the Scots ''Laich o Menteith'' meaning a "low-lying bit of land in Menteith", and applied to the loch there because of the similarity of the sounds of the words ''laich'' and ''lake''. The Lake Of The Hirsel is a reservoir. Most Scots will be quick to correct anyone who refers to "lochs" as "lakes". SEE ALSO The US naval port of Pearl Harbor,located on the south coast of the main Hawaiian island of Oahu, is one of a complex of sea inlets. Several of these are named as lochs, viz. South East Loch, Merry Loch, East Loch, Middle Loch and West Loch. EXTERNAL LINKS FOOTNOTE
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