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Loch vs Kyle - What's the difference?

loch | kyle |

As nouns the difference between loch and kyle

is that loch is hole while kyle is (in scotland) a narrow channel between islands.

loch

English

(wikipedia loch)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) loch.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) A lake.
  • (Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.
    • Derived terms
    * sea loch

    Related terms

    * (diminutive)
    Synonyms
    (lake) * lake
    Hyponyms
    (sea inlet) * bay * firth * fjord * estuary * sea loch * strait

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) looch, from (etyl).

    Noun

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    kyle

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , transferred from the surname.
  • * 2005 Joyce Carol Oates: Missing Mom . Ecco 2005. ISBN 006081621X page 110:
    • Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me. Guys with names like Dale, Brock, Kevin, Kyle . Guys with names nothing like Wally.
  • (label) , transferred from the surname
  • A town in Saskatchewan
  • A CDP in South Dakota
  • A city in Texas

    • Anagrams

    * English surnames from Irish