English Explanatory Dictionary

Looe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).

Pronunciation

/luː/

Word forms

Looe

Etymology

From Cornish Logh, from logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.

Derived words

East Looe St Martin-by-Looe
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