English Explanatory Dictionary

lagan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.
name
  1. A river in County Down and County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which flows through the city of Belfast into Belfast Lough.
name
  1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.

Pronunciation

/ˈlæɡən/

Word forms

lagan lagen lagend lagon ligan ligen logan

Etymology

Per Littré, from Old French lagan, from Medieval Latin laga maris (“law of the sea”), from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) and Latin maris (“of the sea”)

Related words

flotsam jetsam derelict salvage waveson
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